An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... last Eclogues of Virgil are indisputable proofs of true genius , and power of fancy . The influence of war on the tran- quillity of rural life † , rendered the subject * Ver . 85 . of + I have been lately highly entertained with the ...
... last Eclogues of Virgil are indisputable proofs of true genius , and power of fancy . The influence of war on the tran- quillity of rural life † , rendered the subject * Ver . 85 . of + I have been lately highly entertained with the ...
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... last has expref- fively painted the changeful resolutions , the wild wishes , the paffionate and abrupt ex- clamations , of a disappointed and despairing lover . UPON the whole , the principal merit of the PASTORALS of POPE confifts ...
... last has expref- fively painted the changeful resolutions , the wild wishes , the paffionate and abrupt ex- clamations , of a disappointed and despairing lover . UPON the whole , the principal merit of the PASTORALS of POPE confifts ...
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... last , was with justice con- vinced , that the fcriptures of God contained not only the pureft precepts of morality , but the most elevated and fublime ftrokes of ge- nuine poefy ; strokes as much fuperior to any thing Heathenifm can ...
... last , was with justice con- vinced , that the fcriptures of God contained not only the pureft precepts of morality , but the most elevated and fublime ftrokes of ge- nuine poefy ; strokes as much fuperior to any thing Heathenifm can ...
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... last hardly know it . Is this the man who made earth tremble , who shook the kingdoms ? Who made the world a folitude , and deftroyed it's cities ? They reproach him with the loss of the com- mon rite of fepulture , which was deservedly ...
... last hardly know it . Is this the man who made earth tremble , who shook the kingdoms ? Who made the world a folitude , and deftroyed it's cities ? They reproach him with the loss of the com- mon rite of fepulture , which was deservedly ...
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... last quoted paffage , except perhaps in the third line ; first remarking that both authors are much in- debted to Spenfer . † Rivers arife ! whether thou be the fon Of utmost Tweed , or Oofe , or gulphy Dun , Or Trent , who like fome ...
... last quoted paffage , except perhaps in the third line ; first remarking that both authors are much in- debted to Spenfer . † Rivers arife ! whether thou be the fon Of utmost Tweed , or Oofe , or gulphy Dun , Or Trent , who like fome ...
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