An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... instances that might be adduced to this purpose . That POPE however was sensible of the importance of adapting images to the scene of action , is obvious froin the following example of his judgment ; for in tranflating , Audiit EUROTAS ...
... instances that might be adduced to this purpose . That POPE however was sensible of the importance of adapting images to the scene of action , is obvious froin the following example of his judgment ; for in tranflating , Audiit EUROTAS ...
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... instances ; but in none more strikingly than in the fol- lowing , which magnificently represents the Meffiah treading the wine - press in his anger , and which and impartial judge , not blinded by the charms of antiquity , will think ...
... instances ; but in none more strikingly than in the fol- lowing , which magnificently represents the Meffiah treading the wine - press in his anger , and which and impartial judge , not blinded by the charms of antiquity , will think ...
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... instances , the numbers are not sufficiently diversified by different pauses , yet is this poem on the whole , from the num- berless strokes of nature in which it abounds , one of the most captivating and amusing in our language , and ...
... instances , the numbers are not sufficiently diversified by different pauses , yet is this poem on the whole , from the num- berless strokes of nature in which it abounds , one of the most captivating and amusing in our language , and ...
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... instance , after a shower , has been frequently described : but never , that I can recollect , so justly as in the following lines , whose greatest beauty is that hinted above , a simple enumeration of the appearances of nature , and of ...
... instance , after a shower , has been frequently described : but never , that I can recollect , so justly as in the following lines , whose greatest beauty is that hinted above , a simple enumeration of the appearances of nature , and of ...
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... instances that are curious and worth attention . Quid quod pleraque nos illa quasi mugiente literâ cludimus M , quâ nullum Gr¿cè verbum cadit ? At illi N jucundam et in fine pr¿cipuè quasi tinnientem , illius loco ponunt , qu¿ eft apud ...
... instances that are curious and worth attention . Quid quod pleraque nos illa quasi mugiente literâ cludimus M , quâ nullum Gr¿cè verbum cadit ? At illi N jucundam et in fine pr¿cipuè quasi tinnientem , illius loco ponunt , qu¿ eft apud ...
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