An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and Il Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these fatires , you would indeed have gained the title of a man of wit , and a man of sense ; but , I am confident , would not infift on ...
... frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and Il Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these fatires , you would indeed have gained the title of a man of wit , and a man of sense ; but , I am confident , would not infift on ...
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... allegoric style frequently fhadows the kings and princes of the Gentiles , rejoice , and in- fult with reproaches the broken power of their most implacable foe . She She is at reft , the whole earth is quiet AND GENIUS OF POPE . 15.
... allegoric style frequently fhadows the kings and princes of the Gentiles , rejoice , and in- fult with reproaches the broken power of their most implacable foe . She She is at reft , the whole earth is quiet AND GENIUS OF POPE . 15.
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... frequent , but not confufed ; are bold but not affected ; a free , lofty , and truly divine spirit predomi- nates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the sublimity of of of this ode with abfolute beauty ...
... frequent , but not confufed ; are bold but not affected ; a free , lofty , and truly divine spirit predomi- nates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the sublimity of of of this ode with abfolute beauty ...
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... frequently wondered that he should have omitted the opportunity of describing at length it's vene- rable ancient castle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive prospects which it commands . He * Ver . 233 . + Ver . 265 . The great ...
... frequently wondered that he should have omitted the opportunity of describing at length it's vene- rable ancient castle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive prospects which it commands . He * Ver . 233 . + Ver . 265 . The great ...
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... frequently steals imperceptibly , in his little defcriptive poem entitled GRONGAR HILL , where he difpofes every object so as it may give occafion for fome obfervation on human life . Denham himself is not fuperiour to this neglected ...
... frequently steals imperceptibly , in his little defcriptive poem entitled GRONGAR HILL , where he difpofes every object so as it may give occafion for fome obfervation on human life . Denham himself is not fuperiour to this neglected ...
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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