An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... IMAGINATION , " acer fpiritus ac vis , " and that alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and very uncommon character , which fo few poffefs , and of which fo few can properly judge . wift 10 3 .. 21 : FOR one perfon , who can ...
... IMAGINATION , " acer fpiritus ac vis , " and that alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and very uncommon character , which fo few poffefs , and of which fo few can properly judge . wift 10 3 .. 21 : FOR one perfon , who can ...
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... imagination , than the obvious introduction of Cam and Ifis , as feats of the Muses . THEOCRITUS , Idyll . i . 66. † POPE , Paft . ii . 24. MILTON . A SHEPA SHEPHERD in Theocritus wishes with much tenderness and elegance , AND GENIUS OF ...
... imagination , than the obvious introduction of Cam and Ifis , as feats of the Muses . THEOCRITUS , Idyll . i . 66. † POPE , Paft . ii . 24. MILTON . A SHEPA SHEPHERD in Theocritus wishes with much tenderness and elegance , AND GENIUS OF ...
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... imagination by lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly constitutes true poetry . An hiftorian or profewriter might fay , " Then fhall the most " diftant nations crowd into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of ...
... imagination by lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly constitutes true poetry . An hiftorian or profewriter might fay , " Then fhall the most " diftant nations crowd into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of ...
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... imagination , which was one day to produce the Paradife Loft . This ode , which , by the way , is not fufficiently read , or admired , is alfo of the defcriptive kind ; but the objects of his defcription are great , and striking to the ...
... imagination , which was one day to produce the Paradife Loft . This ode , which , by the way , is not fufficiently read , or admired , is alfo of the defcriptive kind ; but the objects of his defcription are great , and striking to the ...
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... imagination ; for he fays that the admiral not only heard the groans of the fick that echoed from ship to fhip , but that he also penfively ftood , and liftened at midnight to the dafhing of the waters , occafioned by throwing the dead ...
... imagination ; for he fays that the admiral not only heard the groans of the fick that echoed from ship to fhip , but that he also penfively ftood , and liftened at midnight to the dafhing of the waters , occafioned by throwing the dead ...
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