An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page 71
... Sophocles . Whereas these reflections of POPE on the baneful influences of war , on the arts and learning , and on the universal power of love , seem to be too general , are not fufficiently appropriated , do not rise from the subject ...
... Sophocles . Whereas these reflections of POPE on the baneful influences of war , on the arts and learning , and on the universal power of love , seem to be too general , are not fufficiently appropriated , do not rise from the subject ...
Page 72
... fituation of the principal perfonage of the fable . Nay Sophocles hath artfully found a method of making those poetical descriptions ,. * v . 793. ‡ v . 795 , † v . 1235. & feq . artfully * Οιδπ . τυραν . 1118 . 72 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... fituation of the principal perfonage of the fable . Nay Sophocles hath artfully found a method of making those poetical descriptions ,. * v . 793. ‡ v . 795 , † v . 1235. & feq . artfully * Οιδπ . τυραν . 1118 . 72 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
Page 75
... Sophocles had the address to withdraw his " chorus for a few moments , when their " absence was necessary , as in the Ajax . " If the chorus therefore incommodes the “ " poet , and puts him under difficulties , he " must charge it ...
... Sophocles had the address to withdraw his " chorus for a few moments , when their " absence was necessary , as in the Ajax . " If the chorus therefore incommodes the “ " poet , and puts him under difficulties , he " must charge it ...
Page 124
... Sophocles . A petulant rejection , and an im- plicit veneration , of the rules of the ancient critics , are equally destructive of true taste . " It ought to be the first endeavour of a " writer , says the excellent RAMBLER , † to ८८ ...
... Sophocles . A petulant rejection , and an im- plicit veneration , of the rules of the ancient critics , are equally destructive of true taste . " It ought to be the first endeavour of a " writer , says the excellent RAMBLER , † to ८८ ...
Page 167
... , with his usual vivacity and brevity ; " Corneille alone formed himself ; but Louis XIV . Colbert , Sophocles , and Euripides , all of them contributed to form Racine . " 37. The * Ver . 157 . heart . * Ver . AND GENIUS OF POPE . 167.
... , with his usual vivacity and brevity ; " Corneille alone formed himself ; but Louis XIV . Colbert , Sophocles , and Euripides , all of them contributed to form Racine . " 37. The * Ver . 157 . heart . * Ver . AND GENIUS OF POPE . 167.
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