An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... fame time contracted the exuberance of Dryden . I REMEMBER to have been , informed , by an. of the calamities supposed to have been felt by the shepherds of Germany during the last war : They abound in many new circumstances of pastoral ...
... fame time contracted the exuberance of Dryden . I REMEMBER to have been , informed , by an. of the calamities supposed to have been felt by the shepherds of Germany during the last war : They abound in many new circumstances of pastoral ...
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... fame prince , by that diligent en- enquirer into antiquity the President Henault , in a passage that contains some curious parti- culars , characteristical of the manner of that age . " This monarch protected letters , at a " time ...
... fame prince , by that diligent en- enquirer into antiquity the President Henault , in a passage that contains some curious parti- culars , characteristical of the manner of that age . " This monarch protected letters , at a " time ...
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... fame manner as the real fight of such scenes and profpects is apt to give the mind a composed turn , and incline it to thoughts and contemplations. * Iliad . B. 16. in the notes : Ver . 465 . com- * Ver . so . † Ver . 16 . 30 ESSAY ON ...
... fame manner as the real fight of such scenes and profpects is apt to give the mind a composed turn , and incline it to thoughts and contemplations. * Iliad . B. 16. in the notes : Ver . 465 . com- * Ver . so . † Ver . 16 . 30 ESSAY ON ...
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... fame time , what justice obliges me to add , that they are far more incorrect . For in the very ode before us , occur one or two passages , that are pue- rile and affected , to a degree not to be paral- lelled in the purer , but less ...
... fame time , what justice obliges me to add , that they are far more incorrect . For in the very ode before us , occur one or two passages , that are pue- rile and affected , to a degree not to be paral- lelled in the purer , but less ...
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... fame circum- stances ; hence that disgufting impropriety of introducing what may be called a fet of here- ditary images , without proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion , in which they were formerly used . Though the ...
... fame circum- stances ; hence that disgufting impropriety of introducing what may be called a fet of here- ditary images , without proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion , in which they were formerly used . Though the ...
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