An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... expreffions , figures , and sentiments , are here accumulated together ! we hear the Jews , the cedars of Libanus , the shades of the departed kings , the king of Babylon , those who find his body , and lastly Jehovah himself , all ...
... expreffions , figures , and sentiments , are here accumulated together ! we hear the Jews , the cedars of Libanus , the shades of the departed kings , the king of Babylon , those who find his body , and lastly Jehovah himself , all ...
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... expreffions of levity and indifference , but rather of endear- ment , of tenderness and concern . This ode was written we find at the defire of Steele ; and our poet in a letter to him on that oc- cafion , says - " You have it , as ...
... expreffions of levity and indifference , but rather of endear- ment , of tenderness and concern . This ode was written we find at the defire of Steele ; and our poet in a letter to him on that oc- cafion , says - " You have it , as ...
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... expreffions , so little forced and unnatural ,. † Il y a du merite a faire un pareil larcin parcequ ' ' on ne sçauroit le faire bien fans peine , & fans avoir du moins le ta- lent de l ' expression . Il faut autant d ' industrie pour y ...
... expreffions , so little forced and unnatural ,. † Il y a du merite a faire un pareil larcin parcequ ' ' on ne sçauroit le faire bien fans peine , & fans avoir du moins le ta- lent de l ' expression . Il faut autant d ' industrie pour y ...
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Joseph Warton. ness of his expreffions , so little forced and unnatural , that they seem to be born , as it were with , his thoughts , display almost as much invention , as the first production of a thought entirely new . This induced La ...
Joseph Warton. ness of his expreffions , so little forced and unnatural , that they seem to be born , as it were with , his thoughts , display almost as much invention , as the first production of a thought entirely new . This induced La ...
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... helps , ' tis impossible he should attain . " HER- MES , by HARRIS : book 2. chap . 3. pag . 270 . * B. 3. v . 310. In the notes . R the the expreffion are extremely indifferent ; and fome nicer virtuosi AND GENIUS OF POPE . 121.
... helps , ' tis impossible he should attain . " HER- MES , by HARRIS : book 2. chap . 3. pag . 270 . * B. 3. v . 310. In the notes . R the the expreffion are extremely indifferent ; and fome nicer virtuosi AND GENIUS OF POPE . 121.
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