An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... NON EJUSDEM MODO OPERIS AUTORIBUS , SED OMNIBUS POETIS PR¯FERRE , NON DUBITENT . LOND QUINTILIAN . N : PRINTED FOR M. COOPER , AT THE GLOBE IN PATER - NOSTER Row . MDCCLVI . DRYOUNG , RECTOR of WELWYN In HERTFORDSHIRE . DEAR SIR.
... NON EJUSDEM MODO OPERIS AUTORIBUS , SED OMNIBUS POETIS PR¯FERRE , NON DUBITENT . LOND QUINTILIAN . N : PRINTED FOR M. COOPER , AT THE GLOBE IN PATER - NOSTER Row . MDCCLVI . DRYOUNG , RECTOR of WELWYN In HERTFORDSHIRE . DEAR SIR.
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... Quintilian remarks of Lyfias . And because I am perhaps ashamed or afraid to speak out in plain English , I will adopt the follow- ing passage of Voltaire , which , in my opinion , as exactly characterizes POPE , as it does his model ...
... Quintilian remarks of Lyfias . And because I am perhaps ashamed or afraid to speak out in plain English , I will adopt the follow- ing passage of Voltaire , which , in my opinion , as exactly characterizes POPE , as it does his model ...
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... Quintilian . * The inferiority of Addison's ODE , to POPE , on this subject , is manifest and remarkable . What prosaic tameness and infipi - dity do we meet with in the following lines ? Cecilia's name does all our numbers grace , From ...
... Quintilian . * The inferiority of Addison's ODE , to POPE , on this subject , is manifest and remarkable . What prosaic tameness and infipi - dity do we meet with in the following lines ? Cecilia's name does all our numbers grace , From ...
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Joseph Warton. tertio , " to use an expression of Quintilian . The first stanza is almost a perfect concert of itself ; every different instrument is described There follows in this stanza , which is the third , a ... Quintilian. ...
Joseph Warton. tertio , " to use an expression of Quintilian . The first stanza is almost a perfect concert of itself ; every different instrument is described There follows in this stanza , which is the third , a ... Quintilian. ...
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... Quintilian , in his twelfth book , ut noftri poet¿ , quoties dulce carmen esse voluerunt , illorum id nominibus exornent . " * * He gives some instances that are curious and worth attention . Quid quod pleraque nos illa quasi mugiente ...
... Quintilian , in his twelfth book , ut noftri poet¿ , quoties dulce carmen esse voluerunt , illorum id nominibus exornent . " * * He gives some instances that are curious and worth attention . Quid quod pleraque nos illa quasi mugiente ...
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