An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page vi
... Milton , as of Hudibras ? -- If we strike out of the number of these fuppofed admirers , those who appear fuch out of fashion , and not of feeling . Swift's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular , than Akenfide's noble ode to Lord ...
... Milton , as of Hudibras ? -- If we strike out of the number of these fuppofed admirers , those who appear fuch out of fashion , and not of feeling . Swift's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular , than Akenfide's noble ode to Lord ...
Page xi
... MILTON ; and then , at proper intervals , OTWAY and LEE . In the fecond class should be placed , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but had noble talents for moral and ethical poefy . At the head of ...
... MILTON ; and then , at proper intervals , OTWAY and LEE . In the fecond class should be placed , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but had noble talents for moral and ethical poefy . At the head of ...
Page 7
... Milton on LYCIDAS , one of his juvenile pieces . . Πα ποκ ' ' αρ ' ησθ ' οκα Δαφνις ελακείο ; τα ποια Νύμφαι ; Η καλα Πηνειω καλα τέμπεα , η καλα Πίνδω ; Ου γαρ δη ποταμοιο μεγαν ροον ̓ειχες Αναπω , Ουδ ' ̓Ανας σκοπιαν , υδ ̓ ̓Ακκιδῶν ...
... Milton on LYCIDAS , one of his juvenile pieces . . Πα ποκ ' ' αρ ' ησθ ' οκα Δαφνις ελακείο ; τα ποια Νύμφαι ; Η καλα Πηνειω καλα τέμπεα , η καλα Πίνδω ; Ου γαρ δη ποταμοιο μεγαν ροον ̓ειχες Αναπω , Ουδ ' ̓Ανας σκοπιαν , υδ ̓ ̓Ακκιδῶν ...
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... Milton which I thought fuperior to a fimilar one of POPE , I fhall , in order to preserve impartiality , produce another from Milton , in which I think him inferior to the last quoted paffage , except perhaps in the third line ; first ...
... Milton which I thought fuperior to a fimilar one of POPE , I fhall , in order to preserve impartiality , produce another from Milton , in which I think him inferior to the last quoted paffage , except perhaps in the third line ; first ...
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... Milton , and the Scamander of Homer , are among their capital figures . THE influences and effects of peace , and its confequence , a diffufive commerce , are expreffed by felecting fuch circumstances , as are best adapted to strike the ...
... Milton , and the Scamander of Homer , are among their capital figures . THE influences and effects of peace , and its confequence , a diffufive commerce , are expreffed by felecting fuch circumstances , as are best adapted to strike the ...
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