An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... faid to be prolific of princes ? THAT POPE has not equalled Theocritus , will indeed appear lefs furprifing , if we reflect , that no original writer ever remained fo unrivalled by fucceeding copyifts , as this Sicilian master . If it ...
... faid to be prolific of princes ? THAT POPE has not equalled Theocritus , will indeed appear lefs furprifing , if we reflect , that no original writer ever remained fo unrivalled by fucceeding copyifts , as this Sicilian master . If it ...
Page 45
... faid only to wind and to murmur , while their qualities and courses are feldom accurately marked ; examine the exactness of the enfuing defcription , and confider what a perfect idea it communicates to the mind . Around th ' adjoining ...
... faid only to wind and to murmur , while their qualities and courses are feldom accurately marked ; examine the exactness of the enfuing defcription , and confider what a perfect idea it communicates to the mind . Around th ' adjoining ...
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... faid he , the painter has nothing to do , but to substitute colours for words , the defign being finished to his hands . The reader doubtlefs observes the fine effect of the repetition of the last line ; as well as the ftroke of nature ...
... faid he , the painter has nothing to do , but to substitute colours for words , the defign being finished to his hands . The reader doubtlefs observes the fine effect of the repetition of the last line ; as well as the ftroke of nature ...
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... faid on this fubject . " I know fays << << he , the chorus is attended with inconve" niences , and that it has fometimes compelled the ancients to violate probability ; " but it notwithstanding is apparent by " the use they sometimes ...
... faid on this fubject . " I know fays << << he , the chorus is attended with inconve" niences , and that it has fometimes compelled the ancients to violate probability ; " but it notwithstanding is apparent by " the use they sometimes ...
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... faid to have recited poems and orations of his writing , when he was seven . It is however certain , which is more extraordinary , that he produced his Rinaldo in his eighteenth year , no bad precurfor to the Gierufalemma Liberata , and ...
... faid to have recited poems and orations of his writing , when he was seven . It is however certain , which is more extraordinary , that he produced his Rinaldo in his eighteenth year , no bad precurfor to the Gierufalemma Liberata , and ...
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Abelard Addiſon alfo almoſt alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character circumſtances compofition Corneille criticiſm defign deſcribed deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa Engliſh Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies fpirit ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficiently fylphs genius greateſt himſelf hiſtory Homer Iliad images imagination infert 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 reaſon remarkable repreſent reſpect ſays ſcene ſeem ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſtanza ſtory ſtriking ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe wiſh writing