An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page 42
... called a fet of here- ditary images , without proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion , in which they were formerly used . Though the diction of the . the SEASONS is fometimes harsh and inharmo- nious , 42 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... called a fet of here- ditary images , without proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion , in which they were formerly used . Though the diction of the . the SEASONS is fometimes harsh and inharmo- nious , 42 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
Page 53
... called , in Tonfon's Miscellanies . We have therefore also preserved another , and an earlier ode , of Dryden on this fubject . One stanza of which I cannot forbear inserting in this note . It was fet to mufic 1687. by I. Baptifta Dragh ...
... called , in Tonfon's Miscellanies . We have therefore also preserved another , and an earlier ode , of Dryden on this fubject . One stanza of which I cannot forbear inserting in this note . It was fet to mufic 1687. by I. Baptifta Dragh ...
Page 60
... called miferam Eurydicen . I am fenfible POPE never intended an exact tranflation of the paffages of the Georgics here alleged ; I only hint , that in my humble judgment he has omitted fome of the most striking incidents in the story ...
... called miferam Eurydicen . I am fenfible POPE never intended an exact tranflation of the paffages of the Georgics here alleged ; I only hint , that in my humble judgment he has omitted fome of the most striking incidents in the story ...
Page 83
... called , were fuch as our poet remembered from his own ALCANDER . fenfible of its own errors and imperfections is a mind truly great . * Nec placet ante annos vates puer : omnia justo So Tempore proveniant . M 2 Vida Poet . L. 1 ...
... called , were fuch as our poet remembered from his own ALCANDER . fenfible of its own errors and imperfections is a mind truly great . * Nec placet ante annos vates puer : omnia justo So Tempore proveniant . M 2 Vida Poet . L. 1 ...
Page 138
... called the GROSSNESS of fome of his images , may please to attend to the follow- ing remark of a writer , by no means pre- judiced in favour of the ancients . « Quant a ce qu'on appelle GROSSIERETE dans les héros d ' Homére , on peut ...
... called the GROSSNESS of fome of his images , may please to attend to the follow- ing remark of a writer , by no means pre- judiced in favour of the ancients . « Quant a ce qu'on appelle GROSSIERETE dans les héros d ' Homére , on peut ...
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