An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... Italian conceits ; fuch particularly as abound in the works of Marino . The fallacy confifts in giving defign and artifice to the wood , as well as to the * Ver . 50 . † Ver . 16 . coquette ; coquette ; and in putting the light of the ...
... Italian conceits ; fuch particularly as abound in the works of Marino . The fallacy confifts in giving defign and artifice to the wood , as well as to the * Ver . 50 . † Ver . 16 . coquette ; coquette ; and in putting the light of the ...
Page 65
... Italian , the Spanish , or even the French , as not having fo great a quantity of words derived from the Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as all others , must yield to the unparalled sweetness and copioufnefs of the Greek ...
... Italian , the Spanish , or even the French , as not having fo great a quantity of words derived from the Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as all others , must yield to the unparalled sweetness and copioufnefs of the Greek ...
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Joseph Warton. What line even in the Italian poets is so soft and mellifluous , as * Αλλ ' αιει ζεφύροιο λιγυπνειονίας ἀπας or as in the tender Bion , Αιάζω τον Αδωνιν , απωλείο καλά Αδωνις , to inftance in no more ? If we caft a ...
Joseph Warton. What line even in the Italian poets is so soft and mellifluous , as * Αλλ ' αιει ζεφύροιο λιγυπνειονίας ἀπας or as in the tender Bion , Αιάζω τον Αδωνιν , απωλείο καλά Αδωνις , to inftance in no more ? If we caft a ...
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... Italian , but even to the best Latin odes . In the pieces here commended , the figures are ftrong , and the tranfitions bold , and there is a just mixture of sentiment and imagery : and particularly , they are animated with a noble ...
... Italian , but even to the best Latin odes . In the pieces here commended , the figures are ftrong , and the tranfitions bold , and there is a just mixture of sentiment and imagery : and particularly , they are animated with a noble ...
Page 78
... , is commonly , but I fear incredibly , reported by the Spaniards , to have compofed verses when he was five years old ; and Torquato Taffo , the fecond cond of the Italian poets , for that wonderful original 78 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... , is commonly , but I fear incredibly , reported by the Spaniards , to have compofed verses when he was five years old ; and Torquato Taffo , the fecond cond of the Italian poets , for that wonderful original 78 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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