An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... , I refpect and honour his abilities ; but I do not think him at the head of his profeffion . In other words , in that fpecies of poetry wherein POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind : and I only fay , that A 2 to TO THE REVEREND.
... , I refpect and honour his abilities ; but I do not think him at the head of his profeffion . In other words , in that fpecies of poetry wherein POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind : and I only fay , that A 2 to TO THE REVEREND.
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Joseph Warton. to all mankind : and I only fay , that this fpecies of poetry is not the most excellent one of the art . We do not , it fhould feem , fufficiently attend to the difference there is , betwixt a MAN OF 3 . " d & w WIT , a ...
Joseph Warton. to all mankind : and I only fay , that this fpecies of poetry is not the most excellent one of the art . We do not , it fhould feem , fufficiently attend to the difference there is , betwixt a MAN OF 3 . " d & w WIT , a ...
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... fay of this paffage ? --Why , that it is moft excellent fenfe , but juft as poetical as the Qui fit " M¿cenas " of the author who recommends this method of trial . Take any ten lines of the Iliad , Paradife Loft , or even of the ...
... fay of this paffage ? --Why , that it is moft excellent fenfe , but juft as poetical as the Qui fit " M¿cenas " of the author who recommends this method of trial . Take any ten lines of the Iliad , Paradife Loft , or even of the ...
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... γενοίμαν A Αβομβευσα μέλισσα , κι ' ες τεον ἀνρον ἴκοιμαν , Τον κισσον διαδυς , και ταν πλεριν ο τυ πυκασδη . Idyll . iii . 12 . † Past . ii . 45 . Say * 4.4 ין Say , Daphnis , fay in what glad foil appears 8 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... γενοίμαν A Αβομβευσα μέλισσα , κι ' ες τεον ἀνρον ἴκοιμαν , Τον κισσον διαδυς , και ταν πλεριν ο τυ πυκασδη . Idyll . iii . 12 . † Past . ii . 45 . Say * 4.4 ין Say , Daphnis , fay in what glad foil appears 8 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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Joseph Warton. Say , Daphnis , fay in what glad foil appears A wondrous tree , that facred monarchs bears ? * With what propriety could the tree , whose shade protected the king , be faid to be prolific of princes ? THAT POPE has not ...
Joseph Warton. Say , Daphnis , fay in what glad foil appears A wondrous tree , that facred monarchs bears ? * With what propriety could the tree , whose shade protected the king , be faid to be prolific of princes ? THAT POPE has not ...
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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