An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page 55
... fubject of the pre- ceding one ; the description of the infernal regions is well imagined , and the effects of the musician's lyre on the inhabitants of hell , are elegantly translated from the fourth Geor- gic of Virgil , * and happily ...
... fubject of the pre- ceding one ; the description of the infernal regions is well imagined , and the effects of the musician's lyre on the inhabitants of hell , are elegantly translated from the fourth Geor- gic of Virgil , * and happily ...
Page 72
... fubject of each particular drama , and all their sentiments and reflections are drawn from the fituation of the principal perfonage of the fable . Nay Sophocles hath artfully found a method of making those poetical descriptions ,. * v ...
... fubject of each particular drama , and all their sentiments and reflections are drawn from the fituation of the principal perfonage of the fable . Nay Sophocles hath artfully found a method of making those poetical descriptions ,. * v ...
Page 110
... fubject of each of the five acts , but of every scene and every speech ; so that he ! could take a view of the whole at once. * Poetic . lib . 1. ver . 75 . could † Characteristics . v . 3. p . 190 . 110 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... fubject of each of the five acts , but of every scene and every speech ; so that he ! could take a view of the whole at once. * Poetic . lib . 1. ver . 75 . could † Characteristics . v . 3. p . 190 . 110 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
Page 142
... fubject , ap- pears to be more full and striking . " Beneath the mountain's foot , the rocky country rises into hills , a proper bafis of the ponderous mass above : where huge embodied rocks lie piled on one another , and seem to prop ...
... fubject , ap- pears to be more full and striking . " Beneath the mountain's foot , the rocky country rises into hills , a proper bafis of the ponderous mass above : where huge embodied rocks lie piled on one another , and seem to prop ...
Page 263
... fubject , but not fubordinate and disarmed and destroyed by looking at them , and by their smiling upon her , she breaks out ; Φευ , φευ · τι προσδερκεσθε μ ̓ομμασιν , τέκνα ; Τι προσγελαλε τον πανυσαλον γελων ; Αι , αι , - τι δρασω ...
... fubject , but not fubordinate and disarmed and destroyed by looking at them , and by their smiling upon her , she breaks out ; Φευ , φευ · τι προσδερκεσθε μ ̓ομμασιν , τέκνα ; Τι προσγελαλε τον πανυσαλον γελων ; Αι , αι , - τι δρασω ...
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