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 excel- lent one of the art . We do not , it fhould feem , fufficiently attend to the difference there is , betwixt a MAN OF WIT , a MAN OF SENSE ...
Joseph Warton. to all mankind : and I only fay , that this fpecies of poetry is not the most excel- lent one of the art . We do not , it fhould feem , fufficiently attend to the difference there is , betwixt a MAN OF WIT , a MAN OF SENSE ...
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... conceit . * Αίθε γενοίμαν Α βομβευσα μέλισσα , κι ες τον άνθρὸν ἴκοιμαν , Τον κισσον διαδυς , και ταν λεςιν α τυ πυκασθη . Idyll . iii . 12 . † Past . ii . 45 . Say Say , Daphnis , fay in what glad foil appears 8 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... conceit . * Αίθε γενοίμαν Α βομβευσα μέλισσα , κι ες τον άνθρὸν ἴκοιμαν , Τον κισσον διαδυς , και ταν λεςιν α τυ πυκασθη . Idyll . iii . 12 . † Past . ii . 45 . Say 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 pro- lific ... fay in what glad foil appears ...
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 pro- lific ... fay in what glad foil appears ...
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... fays he , eft trop infensée pour " etre vraisemblable . Les hiftoriens ne font pas attention qu'il faut au moins vingt an- " nées pour qu'un nouveau plan d'arbres devi- ( c enne une forêt propre a là chaffe . On lui " fait femer cette ...
... fays he , eft trop infensée pour " etre vraisemblable . Les hiftoriens ne font pas attention qu'il faut au moins vingt an- " nées pour qu'un nouveau plan d'arbres devi- ( c enne une forêt propre a là chaffe . On lui " fait femer cette ...
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Abelard Addiſon alfo almoſt alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character circumſtances cloſely compofition Corneille criticiſm defcribed defign deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa Engliſh epiftles eſpecially Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fylphs genius greateſt himſelf hiſtory Iliad images imagination 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 reafon repreſent reſpect ſay ſcene ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpeech ſpirit ſtanza ſtate ſtory ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe wiſhes writing