An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page 75
... fays " he , the chorus is attended with inconve- " niences , and that it has fometimes com- " pelled the ancients to violate probability ; " but it notwithstanding is apparent by " the use they sometimes made of it , that " its ...
... fays " he , the chorus is attended with inconve- " niences , and that it has fometimes com- " pelled the ancients to violate probability ; " but it notwithstanding is apparent by " the use they sometimes made of it , that " its ...
Page 80
... fay , these are good RHYMES . " These early praises of a tender and respected parent , cooperating with the natural inclina- tion of the fon , may poffibly be the causes that fixed our young bard in a resolution of becoming eminent in ...
... fay , these are good RHYMES . " These early praises of a tender and respected parent , cooperating with the natural inclina- tion of the fon , may poffibly be the causes that fixed our young bard in a resolution of becoming eminent in ...
Page 88
... fays Lord Rochester , Not that flow drudge in swift Pindaric strains , Flatman , who Cowley imitates with pains , And rides a jaded muse , whipt , with loose reins . + FLYING has not here any force , and does not heighten the fenfe ...
... fays Lord Rochester , Not that flow drudge in swift Pindaric strains , Flatman , who Cowley imitates with pains , And rides a jaded muse , whipt , with loose reins . + FLYING has not here any force , and does not heighten the fenfe ...
Page 90
... fay , what perhaps is the real fact , that POPE fell into the thoughts of Flatman una- wares , and without design ; and having for- merly read him , imperceptibly adopted this passage , even without knowing that he had borrowed it ...
... fay , what perhaps is the real fact , that POPE fell into the thoughts of Flatman una- wares , and without design ; and having for- merly read him , imperceptibly adopted this passage , even without knowing that he had borrowed it ...
Page 94
... fay , " here lies an honest man . " POPE , Two other critics have also remarked fome farther remarkable coincidencies of POPE'S thought and expressions , with those of other writers , which are here inferted , as they can- not fail of ...
... fay , " here lies an honest man . " POPE , Two other critics have also remarked fome farther remarkable coincidencies of POPE'S thought and expressions , with those of other writers , which are here inferted , as they can- not fail of ...
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