An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... , that cries whore , knave , - and cuckold , from his cage , tho ' he rightly " call many a paffenger , you hold him no " philofopher . And yet , fuch is the fate of " of all extremes , men may be read too viii DEDICATION .
... , that cries whore , knave , - and cuckold , from his cage , tho ' he rightly " call many a paffenger , you hold him no " philofopher . And yet , fuch is the fate of " of all extremes , men may be read too viii DEDICATION .
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... fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate de- gree , but had noble talents for moral and ethical poefy . At the head of these are DRYDEN , DONNE , DENHAM , COWLey , CONGREVE . In the third clafs may be placed , men ...
... fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate de- gree , but had noble talents for moral and ethical poefy . At the head of these are DRYDEN , DONNE , DENHAM , COWLey , CONGREVE . In the third clafs may be placed , men ...
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... fuch kinds of objects make the deepest impreffion on the mind : pity being a stronger sensation than complacency . Accordingly a noble ode on the destruction of Babylon , taken from the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah , has been written by ...
... fuch kinds of objects make the deepest impreffion on the mind : pity being a stronger sensation than complacency . Accordingly a noble ode on the destruction of Babylon , taken from the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah , has been written by ...
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... fuch circumstances , as are best adapted to strike the imagination by lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly con- stitutes true poetry . An hiftorian or profe- writer might say , " Then shall the most " diftant nations crowd ...
... fuch circumstances , as are best adapted to strike the imagination by lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly con- stitutes true poetry . An hiftorian or profe- writer might say , " Then shall the most " diftant nations crowd ...
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... may poffibly be urged , that in describing the dreadful inhabitants of the portal of hell , Virgil has not always used * Ver . 407 . + Ver . 411. et feq . fuch fuch adjuncts and epithets as a painter or fta- tuary 28 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... may poffibly be urged , that in describing the dreadful inhabitants of the portal of hell , Virgil has not always used * Ver . 407 . + Ver . 411. et feq . fuch fuch adjuncts and epithets as a painter or fta- tuary 28 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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