An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... Iliad , Paradise Lost , or even of the Georgics of Virgil , and see whe- ther by any process of critical chymistry , you can lower and reduce them to the tameness of profe . You will find that they will appear like Ulysses in his dif ...
... Iliad , Paradise Lost , or even of the Georgics of Virgil , and see whe- ther by any process of critical chymistry , you can lower and reduce them to the tameness of profe . You will find that they will appear like Ulysses in his dif ...
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... that treaty of peace which he deemed so perni- cious to the liberties of Europe ; and as a poet , because he was deeply confcious that his own. * Ver . 417. et seq . poet , * Iliad . B. 16. in the notes : Ver AND GENIUS OF POPE . 29.
... that treaty of peace which he deemed so perni- cious to the liberties of Europe ; and as a poet , because he was deeply confcious that his own. * Ver . 417. et seq . poet , * Iliad . B. 16. in the notes : Ver AND GENIUS OF POPE . 29.
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... as the real fight of such scenes and profpects is apt to give the mind a composed turn , and incline it to thoughts and contemplations. * Iliad . B. 16. in the notes : Ver . 465 . com- * Ver . so . † Ver . 16 . 30 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... as the real fight of such scenes and profpects is apt to give the mind a composed turn , and incline it to thoughts and contemplations. * Iliad . B. 16. in the notes : Ver . 465 . com- * Ver . so . † Ver . 16 . 30 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... Iliad , he would not have attempted one after so great a master ; he might have said with more pro- priety , I will not write a music - ode after Alexander's Feast , which the variety and har- mony of its numbers , and the beauty and ...
... Iliad , he would not have attempted one after so great a master ; he might have said with more pro- priety , I will not write a music - ode after Alexander's Feast , which the variety and har- mony of its numbers , and the beauty and ...
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... Iliad , which was published for his own bene- fit , by a subscription so large , that it does honour to this king- dom . Mr. Warburton informs us , that he fold it to Lintot the bookfeller , on the following terms , twelve hundred ...
... Iliad , which was published for his own bene- fit , by a subscription so large , that it does honour to this king- dom . Mr. Warburton informs us , that he fold it to Lintot the bookfeller , on the following terms , twelve hundred ...
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