An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... introducing wolves into Eng- land . But on this principle , which is cer- tainly a just one , may it not be asked , why he should speak , the scene lying in Windsor- * Idyll . i . ver . 1. + Paft . iv . ver . 1 . + Past . ii . Foreft ...
... introducing wolves into Eng- land . But on this principle , which is cer- tainly a just one , may it not be asked , why he should speak , the scene lying in Windsor- * Idyll . i . ver . 1. + Paft . iv . ver . 1 . + Past . ii . Foreft ...
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... introduction of Cam and Ifis , as feats of the Muses . THEOCRITUS , Idyll . i . 66. † POPE , Past . ii . 24. ‡ MILTON , A SHEP- A SHEPHERD in Theocritus wishes with much tenderness and elegance AND GENIUS OF POPE . 7.
... introduction of Cam and Ifis , as feats of the Muses . THEOCRITUS , Idyll . i . 66. † POPE , Past . ii . 24. ‡ MILTON , A SHEP- A SHEPHERD in Theocritus wishes with much tenderness and elegance AND GENIUS OF POPE . 7.
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... introducing the following circumftance : the prophet says , " The parched ground " fhall become a pool ; " Our author ex- preffes this idea by saying , that the shepherd , fhall START amid the thirsty wild to hear New falls of water ...
... introducing the following circumftance : the prophet says , " The parched ground " fhall become a pool ; " Our author ex- preffes this idea by saying , that the shepherd , fhall START amid the thirsty wild to hear New falls of water ...
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... introduced who found the body of the king of Babylon caft out : they survey it it closely and attentively , and at last hardly know it . Is this the man who made earth tremble , who shook the kingdoms ? Who made the world a folitude ...
... introduced who found the body of the king of Babylon caft out : they survey it it closely and attentively , and at last hardly know it . Is this the man who made earth tremble , who shook the kingdoms ? Who made the world a folitude ...
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... introduced in the poem before us , which are De equally applicable to any place whatso- ever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar beauties of the forest of Windsor , are here described . Nor are the sports of setting ...
... introduced in the poem before us , which are De equally applicable to any place whatso- ever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar beauties of the forest of Windsor , are here described . Nor are the sports of setting ...
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