An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... judgment ; for in tranflating , Audiit EUROTAS , juffitque edifcere LAUROS he has dextrously dropt the laurels appropriated to Eurotas , as he is fpeaking of the river Thames , and has rendered it , THAMES heard the numbers , as he flow ...
... judgment ; for in tranflating , Audiit EUROTAS , juffitque edifcere LAUROS he has dextrously dropt the laurels appropriated to Eurotas , as he is fpeaking of the river Thames , and has rendered it , THAMES heard the numbers , as he flow ...
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... judgment in taking no notice of this old story , and selecting a more new , as well as more striking incident , in the life of Orpheus . It was the cuftom of this time , for almost every rhymer to try his hand in an ode on St. Cecilia ...
... judgment in taking no notice of this old story , and selecting a more new , as well as more striking incident , in the life of Orpheus . It was the cuftom of this time , for almost every rhymer to try his hand in an ode on St. Cecilia ...
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... judgment he has omitted fome of the most striking incidents in the story . I have lately feen a manuscript ode , entitled , " On the Ufe and Abuse of Poetry , " in which Orpheus is confidered in another , and a higher light , according ...
... judgment he has omitted fome of the most striking incidents in the story . I have lately feen a manuscript ode , entitled , " On the Ufe and Abuse of Poetry , " in which Orpheus is confidered in another , and a higher light , according ...
Page 87
... . p . 230 . Crashaw has very well translated the dies ir¿ , to which tranflation , Rofcommon is much indebted , in his Poem on the day of Judgment . reader reader of all thofe poets ) POPE has very judiciously AND GENIUS OF POPE . 87.
... . p . 230 . Crashaw has very well translated the dies ir¿ , to which tranflation , Rofcommon is much indebted , in his Poem on the day of Judgment . reader reader of all thofe poets ) POPE has very judiciously AND GENIUS OF POPE . 87.
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... judgment and art it is adapted and inserted ; provided this be done with such a fpirit of modefty and candour , as evidently fhews , the critic intends merely to gratify * Lib . 3. v . 255 . + Dryden fays prettily of Ben . Johnson's ...
... judgment and art it is adapted and inserted ; provided this be done with such a fpirit of modefty and candour , as evidently fhews , the critic intends merely to gratify * Lib . 3. v . 255 . + Dryden fays prettily of Ben . Johnson's ...
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