An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... species of compofition , lived and wrote in Sicily . The climate of Sicily was delicious , and the face of the country various , and beautiful : it's vallies and it's precipices , it's grot- tos and cascades were swEETLY INTER- CHANGED ...
... species of compofition , lived and wrote in Sicily . The climate of Sicily was delicious , and the face of the country various , and beautiful : it's vallies and it's precipices , it's grot- tos and cascades were swEETLY INTER- CHANGED ...
Page 115
... , are excellently fatirical ; and were , I think , the first we find in his works , that give an indication of that species of poetry to v . 38 . Q2 which which his talent was moft powerfully bent , and in AND GENIUS OF POPE . 115.
... , are excellently fatirical ; and were , I think , the first we find in his works , that give an indication of that species of poetry to v . 38 . Q2 which which his talent was moft powerfully bent , and in AND GENIUS OF POPE . 115.
Page 126
... precepts , which they never could have inven- ted ; fo that practice has introduced rules , " rather than rules have directed practice . << " FOR " For this reason , the laws of every species 126 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... precepts , which they never could have inven- ted ; fo that practice has introduced rules , " rather than rules have directed practice . << " FOR " For this reason , the laws of every species 126 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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Joseph Warton. " For this reason , the laws of every species " of writing have been fettled by the ideas of " him by whom it was first raised to reputa- " tion ; without much enquiry , whether his performances were not yet fufceptible of ...
Joseph Warton. " For this reason , the laws of every species " of writing have been fettled by the ideas of " him by whom it was first raised to reputa- " tion ; without much enquiry , whether his performances were not yet fufceptible of ...
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... species of compofition , faut rechercher , ni les penfeés , ni les tours , ni les expreffions , & que l ' art , dans tous les grand ovrages , eft de bien raisonner , fans trop faire d ' argumens ; de bien peindre , fans vouloir tout ...
... species of compofition , faut rechercher , ni les penfeés , ni les tours , ni les expreffions , & que l ' art , dans tous les grand ovrages , eft de bien raisonner , fans trop faire d ' argumens ; de bien peindre , fans vouloir tout ...
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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