An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... himself informs us , in a note , that he judiciously omitted the following verfe , And lift'ning wolves grow milder as they hear t on account of the abfurdity , which Spenfer overlooked , of introducing wolves into England . But on this ...
... himself informs us , in a note , that he judiciously omitted the following verfe , And lift'ning wolves grow milder as they hear t on account of the abfurdity , which Spenfer overlooked , of introducing wolves into England . But on this ...
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... himself speaking , and madly boasting of his unbounded power , whence the prodigiousness of his ruin is wonderfully aggravated . Nor is this enough ; a new perfonage is immediately formed : Thofe are introduced who found the body of the ...
... himself speaking , and madly boasting of his unbounded power , whence the prodigiousness of his ruin is wonderfully aggravated . Nor is this enough ; a new perfonage is immediately formed : Thofe are introduced who found the body of the ...
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... himself , all speaking in order ; and behold them acting their several parts , as it were in a drama . One continued action is carried on ; or rather a various and manifold feries of different actions is connected . Every excellence ...
... himself , all speaking in order ; and behold them acting their several parts , as it were in a drama . One continued action is carried on ; or rather a various and manifold feries of different actions is connected . Every excellence ...
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... himself is not fuperiour to this neglected author , in this particular . After painting a landfchape very extenfive and diversified , he adds ; • Thus is nature's vesture wrought To inftruct our wandring thought , F 2 Thus Thus the ...
... himself is not fuperiour to this neglected author , in this particular . After painting a landfchape very extenfive and diversified , he adds ; • Thus is nature's vesture wrought To inftruct our wandring thought , F 2 Thus Thus the ...
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... himself of the action described , that he places it fully before the eyes of the reader . THE defcent of Orpheus into hell is gracefully introduced in the fourth ftanza , as it naturally flowed from the fubject of the preceding one ...
... himself of the action described , that he places it fully before the eyes of the reader . THE defcent of Orpheus into hell is gracefully introduced in the fourth ftanza , as it naturally flowed from the fubject of the preceding one ...
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