An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... , highly deferve to be celebrated by fome future POPE ; and would have contributed not a little to the beauty of the poem now before us . flides with dexterity and address from speaking of the miseries flides 24 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... , highly deferve to be celebrated by fome future POPE ; and would have contributed not a little to the beauty of the poem now before us . flides with dexterity and address from speaking of the miseries flides 24 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... , because it so highly celebrated that treaty of peace which he deemed fo pernicious to the liberties of Europe ; and as a Ver . 417. et feq . poet , poet , because he was deeply conscious that his own AND GENIUS OF POPE . 29.
... , because it so highly celebrated that treaty of peace which he deemed fo pernicious to the liberties of Europe ; and as a Ver . 417. et feq . poet , poet , because he was deeply conscious that his own AND GENIUS OF POPE . 29.
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... with ghaftly eyes on each other , and terrified and wondering from whence these aërial voices should proceed ! I have dwelt Pag . 28 . chiefly chiefly on this ode as much less celebrated than L'Allegro AND GENIUS OF POPE . 39.
... with ghaftly eyes on each other , and terrified and wondering from whence these aërial voices should proceed ! I have dwelt Pag . 28 . chiefly chiefly on this ode as much less celebrated than L'Allegro AND GENIUS OF POPE . 39.
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Joseph Warton. chiefly on this ode as much less celebrated than L'Allegro and Il Penforofo , which are now univerfally known , but which by a ftrange fatality lay in a fort of obscurity , the private enjoyment of a few curious readers ...
Joseph Warton. chiefly on this ode as much less celebrated than L'Allegro and Il Penforofo , which are now univerfally known , but which by a ftrange fatality lay in a fort of obscurity , the private enjoyment of a few curious readers ...
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... celebrated odes , in which he has difplayed the combined powers of verse and voice , to a wonderful degree . No poem indeed , affords fo much various matter for a compofer to work upon ; as Dryden has here introduced and expreffed all ...
... celebrated odes , in which he has difplayed the combined powers of verse and voice , to a wonderful degree . No poem indeed , affords fo much various matter for a compofer to work upon ; as Dryden has here introduced and expreffed all ...
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