An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... EPISTLES of Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHARACTERS of Bruyere in PROSE ; and that it is a creative and glowing IMAGINATION , " acer spiritus ac vis , " and that alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted ...
... EPISTLES of Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHARACTERS of Bruyere in PROSE ; and that it is a creative and glowing IMAGINATION , " acer spiritus ac vis , " and that alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted ...
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... EPISTLES on the Cha- racters of men and women , and your sprightly satires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and Il Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these satires , you would indeed ...
... EPISTLES on the Cha- racters of men and women , and your sprightly satires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and Il Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these satires , you would indeed ...
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... epistle to the Pisones , and that altho the connexions are delicately fine and almost imperceptible , like the secret hinges of a well - wrought box , yet they art- fully and closely unite each part together , and give coherence ...
... epistle to the Pisones , and that altho the connexions are delicately fine and almost imperceptible , like the secret hinges of a well - wrought box , yet they art- fully and closely unite each part together , and give coherence ...
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... Epistle to his Gar- dener at Anteuil , says , versation was full of gaiety and humour , the two. Mon maitre , dirois - tu , passe pour un Docteur , Et parle quelquefois mieux qu ' un Predicateur . t Ir seems , our * author and Racine ...
... Epistle to his Gar- dener at Anteuil , says , versation was full of gaiety and humour , the two. Mon maitre , dirois - tu , passe pour un Docteur , Et parle quelquefois mieux qu ' un Predicateur . t Ir seems , our * author and Racine ...
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... Epistle to the Pisos without method , has been lately confuted , as we hinted before . + It is equally false that , that epistle contains a com- plete Art of Poetry ; it being folely confined to the state and defects of the Roman drama ...
... Epistle to the Pisos without method , has been lately confuted , as we hinted before . + It is equally false that , that epistle contains a com- plete Art of Poetry ; it being folely confined to the state and defects of the Roman drama ...
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