An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... lively imitation of nature than profe . POPE has been happy in 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 ...
... lively imitation of nature than profe . POPE has been happy in 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 ...
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... : Nunc mufcofa extant fparfim de cefpite faxa , Nunc muro avellunt germen agrefte boves . † * Ver . 69 . + Carmina Quadragef . Oxon . 1748. pag . 5 . VOL- VOLTAIRE , that lively maintainer of many a paradox , AND GENIUS OF POPE . 21.
... : Nunc mufcofa extant fparfim de cefpite faxa , Nunc muro avellunt germen agrefte boves . † * Ver . 69 . + Carmina Quadragef . Oxon . 1748. pag . 5 . VOL- VOLTAIRE , that lively maintainer of many a paradox , AND GENIUS OF POPE . 21.
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Joseph Warton. VOLTAIRE , that lively maintainer of many a paradox , is inclined to dispute the truth of the devastation imputed to William I. « Une " telle action , fays he , eft trop infensée pour " etre vraisemblable . Les hiftoriens ...
Joseph Warton. VOLTAIRE , that lively maintainer of many a paradox , is inclined to dispute the truth of the devastation imputed to William I. « Une " telle action , fays he , eft trop infensée pour " etre vraisemblable . Les hiftoriens ...
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... lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly con- stitutes true poetry . An hiftorian or profe- writer might say , " Then shall the most " diftant nations crowd into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of uncouth ...
... lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly con- stitutes true poetry . An hiftorian or profe- writer might say , " Then shall the most " diftant nations crowd into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of uncouth ...
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... lively and diftinct , as these living figures painted by POPE , each of them with their proper infignia and attributes . ENVY her own fnakes fhall feel , * And PERSECUTION mourn his broken wheel ; There FACTION roar , REBELLION bite her ...
... lively and diftinct , as these living figures painted by POPE , each of them with their proper infignia and attributes . ENVY her own fnakes fhall feel , * And PERSECUTION mourn his broken wheel ; There FACTION roar , REBELLION bite her ...
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Abelard Addiſon alfo almoſt alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character circumſtances cloſely compofition Corneille criticiſm defcribed defign deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa Engliſh epiftles eſpecially Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fylphs genius greateſt himſelf hiſtory Iliad images imagination inftance itſelf Jane Shore juſt laft laſt loft Milton moft moſt mufic muſt nature numbers o'er obfervations occafion Ovid paffage paffion pathetic perfon Petrarch pieces Pindar pleaſed pleaſure poefy poem poet poetical poetry POPE praiſes preſent profe publiſhed Quintilian Racine raiſed reafon repreſent reſpect ſay ſcene ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpeech ſpirit ſtanza ſtate ſtory ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe wiſhes writing