An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page 6
... imitated from Theocritus , and from his Latin tran- flator Virgil , he has merited but little ap- plaufe . It may not be unentertaining to fee * Paft . ii . ver . 21 . Ibid . ver . 65 . Paft . iv . ver . 81 . Paft . iii . ver . 24 ...
... imitated from Theocritus , and from his Latin tran- flator Virgil , he has merited but little ap- plaufe . It may not be unentertaining to fee * Paft . ii . ver . 21 . Ibid . ver . 65 . Paft . iv . ver . 81 . Paft . iii . ver . 24 ...
Page 13
... imitating this paffage , POPE has omitted the different beafts that in fo picturesque a man- ner characterize the different countries which were to be gathered together on this impor- tant event , and says only in undistinguishing terms ...
... imitating this paffage , POPE has omitted the different beafts that in fo picturesque a man- ner characterize the different countries which were to be gathered together on this impor- tant event , and says only in undistinguishing terms ...
Page 57
... imitated throughout the * A & I , Scene II . See alfo , Scene IV . A & I. A fong of Grideline and Trufty . A & t . III . Scene IV . I fixth fixth ftanza , which defcribes the behaviour of Orpheus on AND GENIUS OF POPE . 57.
... imitated throughout the * A & I , Scene II . See alfo , Scene IV . A & I. A fong of Grideline and Trufty . A & t . III . Scene IV . I fixth fixth ftanza , which defcribes the behaviour of Orpheus on AND GENIUS OF POPE . 57.
Page 88
... copied by POPE ; as is likewife the ftriking circum- ftance of the dying man's imagining he hears a voice calling ... imitates with pains , And rides a jaded muse , whipt , with loose reins . FLYING has not here any force , and does not ...
... copied by POPE ; as is likewife the ftriking circum- ftance of the dying man's imagining he hears a voice calling ... imitates with pains , And rides a jaded muse , whipt , with loose reins . FLYING has not here any force , and does not ...
Page 144
... imitated and new- modelled , by no less an author than the cele- brated Le Sage . The book is not so con- temptible as fome authors infinuate ; it was well received in France , and abounds in many * Ode to L. Huntingdon . § Ver . 267 ...
... imitated and new- modelled , by no less an author than the cele- brated Le Sage . The book is not so con- temptible as fome authors infinuate ; it was well received in France , and abounds in many * Ode to L. Huntingdon . § Ver . 267 ...
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Abelard Addiſon alfo almoſt alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character circumſtances cloſely compofition Corneille criticiſm defcribed defign deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa Engliſh epiftles eſpecially Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fylphs genius greateſt himſelf hiſtory Iliad images imagination inftance itſelf Jane Shore juſt laft laſt loft Milton moft moſt mufic muſt nature numbers o'er obfervations occafion Ovid paffage paffion pathetic perfon Petrarch pieces Pindar pleaſed pleaſure poefy poem poet poetical poetry POPE praiſes preſent profe publiſhed Quintilian Racine raiſed reafon repreſent reſpect ſay ſcene ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpeech ſpirit ſtanza ſtate ſtory ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe wiſhes writing