An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... IMAGINATION , " acer spiritus ac vis , " and that alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and very uncommon character , which so few poffefs , and of which fo few can pro- perly judge . For one person , who can adequately ...
... IMAGINATION , " acer spiritus ac vis , " and that alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and very uncommon character , which so few poffefs , and of which fo few can pro- perly judge . For one person , who can adequately ...
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... imagination by lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly con- stitutes true poetry . An historian or prose- writer might say , " Then shall the most " distant nations crowd into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the ...
... imagination by lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly con- stitutes true poetry . An historian or prose- writer might say , " Then shall the most " distant nations crowd into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the ...
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... imagination , which was one day to produce the Paradise Lost . This ode , which , by the way , is not fufficiently read , or admired , is also of the defcriptive kind ; but the objects of his description are great , and striking to the ...
... imagination , which was one day to produce the Paradise Lost . This ode , which , by the way , is not fufficiently read , or admired , is also of the defcriptive kind ; but the objects of his description are great , and striking to the ...
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... imagination ; for he says that the admiral not only heard the groans of the fick that echoed from ship to ship , but that he also pen- fively stood , and listened at midnight to the dashing of the waters , occafioned by throw- ing the ...
... imagination ; for he says that the admiral not only heard the groans of the fick that echoed from ship to ship , but that he also pen- fively stood , and listened at midnight to the dashing of the waters , occafioned by throw- ing the ...
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... imagination . See par- ticularly his description of his being left in this defolate island , v . 280. his lamentation for the loss of his bow . v . 1140. and also 1185. and his last adieu to the island . 1508. One may here observe by ...
... imagination . See par- ticularly his description of his being left in this defolate island , v . 280. his lamentation for the loss of his bow . v . 1140. and also 1185. and his last adieu to the island . 1508. One may here observe by ...
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