An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page 65
... French , as not having fo great a quantity of words derived from the Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as all others , muft yield to the unparalled fweetnefs and copiouf- nefs of the Greek . " Tanto eft fermo græcus latino ...
... French , as not having fo great a quantity of words derived from the Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as all others , muft yield to the unparalled fweetnefs and copiouf- nefs of the Greek . " Tanto eft fermo græcus latino ...
Page 67
... French poefy , and the first who gave his countrymen any idea of a legi- timate ode , though his own pieces have hardly any thing but harmony to recommend them . The odes of la Motte , are fuller of delicate * An instance of the FIRST ...
... French poefy , and the first who gave his countrymen any idea of a legi- timate ode , though his own pieces have hardly any thing but harmony to recommend them . The odes of la Motte , are fuller of delicate * An instance of the FIRST ...
Page 68
... French . In this ode of Voltaire , we find a profopopeia of Americus , and afterwards a fpeech of Newton , on the defign of this traveller and his companions , that approach to the sublime , Comme ils parloient ainfi , Newton dans l ...
... French . In this ode of Voltaire , we find a profopopeia of Americus , and afterwards a fpeech of Newton , on the defign of this traveller and his companions , that approach to the sublime , Comme ils parloient ainfi , Newton dans l ...
Page 69
... French and Italian , but even to the best Latin odes . In the pieces here commended , the figures are ftrong , and the transitions bold , and there is a just mix- ture of sentiment and imagery : and particularly , they are animated with ...
... French and Italian , but even to the best Latin odes . In the pieces here commended , the figures are ftrong , and the transitions bold , and there is a just mix- ture of sentiment and imagery : and particularly , they are animated with ...
Page 98
... French with fo much ad- drefs , and which he hath happily made fo homogeneous , and of a piece with the rest of the work , that every thing feems to have been conceived in a continued train of thought , by the very fame perfon , confer ...
... French with fo much ad- drefs , and which he hath happily made fo homogeneous , and of a piece with the rest of the work , that every thing feems to have been conceived in a continued train of thought , by the very fame perfon , confer ...
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