An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... also made weak as we ? art thou made like unto us ? Is thy pride dashed down to Orcus , the noise of thy harps ? The worm is ftrewn under thee , the earth - worm is thy covering ! The Jews are again reprefented speaking : they most ...
... also made weak as we ? art thou made like unto us ? Is thy pride dashed down to Orcus , the noise of thy harps ? The worm is ftrewn under thee , the earth - worm is thy covering ! The Jews are again reprefented speaking : they most ...
Page 36
... of fome VIRTUE OF MUSE . * In this light also his poem on the Ruins of Rome deserves a perufal . Dodfley's Mifcell . Vol . 1. Pag . 78 . IT may be obferved in general , that defcription of IT 36 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... of fome VIRTUE OF MUSE . * In this light also his poem on the Ruins of Rome deserves a perufal . Dodfley's Mifcell . Vol . 1. Pag . 78 . IT may be obferved in general , that defcription of IT 36 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
Page 38
... also with the following image , which is fo ftrongly conceived , that methinks I fee at this inftant the d¿mon it represents ; And fullen Moloch fled Hath left in fhadows dread , His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with ...
... also with the following image , which is fo ftrongly conceived , that methinks I fee at this inftant the d¿mon it represents ; And fullen Moloch fled Hath left in fhadows dread , His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with ...
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... also penfively ftood , and liftened at midnight to the dafhing of the waters , occafioned by throwing the dead bodies into the fea ; Heard , nightly , plung'd into the fullen waves , The frequent corfe . † A minute and particular ...
... also penfively ftood , and liftened at midnight to the dafhing of the waters , occafioned by throwing the dead bodies into the fea ; Heard , nightly , plung'd into the fullen waves , The frequent corfe . † A minute and particular ...
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... condemn Thomson , they must also condemn the Georgics of Virgil , and the greatest part of the nobleft descriptive poem extant , I mean , that of Lucretius . WE are next to speak of the LYRIC pieces of H 2 WE AND GENIUS OF POPE . 51.
... condemn Thomson , they must also condemn the Georgics of Virgil , and the greatest part of the nobleft descriptive poem extant , I mean , that of Lucretius . WE are next to speak of the LYRIC pieces of H 2 WE AND GENIUS OF POPE . 51.
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