An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... 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 of wit , of elegant taste , and ...
... 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 of wit , of elegant taste , and ...
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... a just one , may it not be asked , why he should speak , the scene lying in Windsor- * Idyll . i . ver . 1. + Paft . iv . ver . 1 . + Past . ii . Foreft , Foreft , of the SULTRY SIRIUS , * of the AND GENIUS OF POPE . 5.
... a just one , may it not be asked , why he should speak , the scene lying in Windsor- * Idyll . i . ver . 1. + Paft . iv . ver . 1 . + Past . ii . Foreft , Foreft , of the SULTRY SIRIUS , * of the AND GENIUS OF POPE . 5.
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... genius , and power of fancy . The influence of war on the tran- quillity of rural life † , rendered the subject * Ver . 85 . of + I have been lately highly entertained with the accidental perufal of FIVE PASTORALS , written on this plan ...
... genius , and power of fancy . The influence of war on the tran- quillity of rural life † , rendered the subject * Ver . 85 . of + I have been lately highly entertained with the accidental perufal of FIVE PASTORALS , written on this plan ...
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... : although perhaps the dignity , the energy , and the fimplicity of the original are in a few paffages weakened and diminished by florid epithets C 2 in AND GENIUS OF POPE . II I REMEMBER to have been informed, by ...
... : although perhaps the dignity , the energy , and the fimplicity of the original are in a few paffages weakened and diminished by florid epithets C 2 in AND GENIUS OF POPE . II I REMEMBER to have been informed, by ...
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... uvas , Congeftamque ftruem fubigit : cæde atra recenti Crura madent , rorantque infperfæ fanguine veftes . † * Prælect . 13. ad calc . · D 2 * Præl . 7 . SECT . SECT . II . Of WINDSOR - FOREST , and AND GENIUS OF POPE . 10.
... uvas , Congeftamque ftruem fubigit : cæde atra recenti Crura madent , rorantque infperfæ fanguine veftes . † * Prælect . 13. ad calc . · D 2 * Præl . 7 . SECT . SECT . II . Of WINDSOR - FOREST , and AND GENIUS OF POPE . 10.
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