An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... not be found a fingle rural image that is new but this I am afraid is the cafe in the PASTORALS before us . The ideas of Theocritus , Virgil , and Spenfer , are indeed here exhibited in language gil , 2 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... not be found a fingle rural image that is new but this I am afraid is the cafe in the PASTORALS before us . The ideas of Theocritus , Virgil , and Spenfer , are indeed here exhibited in language gil , 2 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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Joseph Warton. gil , and Spenfer , are indeed here exhibited in language equally mellifluous and pure ; but the descriptions and fentiments are trite and common . That the defign of pastoral poefy is , to represent the undisturbed ...
Joseph Warton. gil , and Spenfer , are indeed here exhibited in language equally mellifluous and pure ; but the descriptions and fentiments are trite and common . That the defign of pastoral poefy is , to represent the undisturbed ...
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... in remarks entirely new , delivered in the purest and most expreffive language , are the richest augmentation literature * Ver . 91 . has has lately received ; and from which the following paffage 14 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... in remarks entirely new , delivered in the purest and most expreffive language , are the richest augmentation literature * Ver . 91 . has has lately received ; and from which the following paffage 14 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... language , and which , as its beauties are not of a fugacious kind , as depending on particular customs and manners , will ever be perufed with delight . The fcenes of Thomson are frequently as wild and romantic as those of Salvator ...
... language , and which , as its beauties are not of a fugacious kind , as depending on particular customs and manners , will ever be perufed with delight . The fcenes of Thomson are frequently as wild and romantic as those of Salvator ...
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... languages , abounding in monofyllables , and crowded with confonants . This particularly is the cafe of the English , whofe ... language itself , as well as all others , must yield to the unparalled sweetness and copioufnefs of the Greek ...
... languages , abounding in monofyllables , and crowded with confonants . This particularly is the cafe of the English , whofe ... language itself , as well as all others , must yield to the unparalled sweetness and copioufnefs of the Greek ...
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