An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... 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 exftirpate and explode ...
... 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 exftirpate and explode ...
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... defign of writing AMERICAN ECLOGUES : The fubject would have been fruitful of the most poetical imagery ; and , if properly executed , would have rescued the author from the accufation here urged , of having written Eclogues without ...
... defign of writing AMERICAN ECLOGUES : The fubject would have been fruitful of the most poetical imagery ; and , if properly executed , would have rescued the author from the accufation here urged , of having written Eclogues without ...
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... abound in the works of Marino . The fallacy confifts in giving defign and artifice to the wood , as well as to the * Ver . 50 . † Ver . 16 . coquette ; coquette ; and in putting the light of the fun 32 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... abound in the works of Marino . The fallacy confifts in giving defign and artifice to the wood , as well as to the * Ver . 50 . † Ver . 16 . coquette ; coquette ; and in putting the light of the fun 32 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... defign being finished to his hands . The reader doubtless observes the fine effect of the repetition of the last line ; as well as the ftroke of nature , in making these rude Hearers imagine fome god lay concealed in this first ...
... defign being finished to his hands . The reader doubtless observes the fine effect of the repetition of the last line ; as well as the ftroke of nature , in making these rude Hearers imagine fome god lay concealed in this first ...
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... defign of this traveller and his companions , that approach to the sublime , Comme ils parloient ainfi , Newton dans l'empirée , Newton les regardoit , et du ciel entr'ouvert Confirmez , difoit il , a la terre eclairée Ce que j'ai ...
... defign of this traveller and his companions , that approach to the sublime , Comme ils parloient ainfi , Newton dans l'empirée , Newton les regardoit , et du ciel entr'ouvert Confirmez , difoit il , a la terre eclairée Ce que j'ai ...
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