An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... common . That the defign of pastoral poefy is , to represent the undisturbed felicity of the golden age , is an empty notion , which , though supported by a Rapin and a Fonte- nelle , I think , all rational critics have agreed to ...
... common . That the defign of pastoral poefy is , to represent the undisturbed felicity of the golden age , is an empty notion , which , though supported by a Rapin and a Fonte- nelle , I think , all rational critics have agreed to ...
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... common , that a countess of Anjou gave for a collection of homilies , two hundred sheep , a measure of wheat , another of rye , " a third of millet , and a certain number of " the fkins of martens . But to return . The ftory of Lodona ...
... common , that a countess of Anjou gave for a collection of homilies , two hundred sheep , a measure of wheat , another of rye , " a third of millet , and a certain number of " the fkins of martens . But to return . The ftory of Lodona ...
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... common poets more confused and unmeaning , than in their defcrip- tions of rivers , which are generally faid only to wind and to murmur , while their qualities and courses are feldom accurately marked ; examine the exactness of the ...
... common poets more confused and unmeaning , than in their defcrip- tions of rivers , which are generally faid only to wind and to murmur , while their qualities and courses are feldom accurately marked ; examine the exactness of the ...
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... common for any poet to feize . Let us however moderate the matter , and fay , what perhaps is the real fact , that POPE fell into the thoughts of Flatman una- wares , and without defign ; and having for- merly read him , imperceptibly ...
... common for any poet to feize . Let us however moderate the matter , and fay , what perhaps is the real fact , that POPE fell into the thoughts of Flatman una- wares , and without defign ; and having for- merly read him , imperceptibly ...
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... common ; " there is , I fear , a fmall mixture of ill - nature in these words ; for this ESSAY tho ' on a beaten fubject , abounds in many new remarks , and original rules , as well as in many happy and beautiful illuftrations , and ...
... common ; " there is , I fear , a fmall mixture of ill - nature in these words ; for this ESSAY tho ' on a beaten fubject , abounds in many new remarks , and original rules , as well as in many happy and beautiful illuftrations , and ...
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Abelard Addiſon alfo almoſt alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character circumſtances cloſely compofition Corneille criticiſm defcribed defign deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa Engliſh epiftles eſpecially Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fylphs genius greateſt himſelf hiſtory Iliad images imagination inftance itſelf Jane Shore juſt laft laſt loft Milton moft moſt mufic muſt nature numbers o'er obfervations occafion Ovid paffage paffion pathetic perfon Petrarch pieces Pindar pleaſed pleaſure poefy poem poet poetical poetry POPE praiſes preſent profe publiſhed Quintilian Racine raiſed reafon repreſent reſpect ſay ſcene ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpeech ſpirit ſtanza ſtate ſtory ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe wiſhes writing