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 expreffes this idea by faying , 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 expreffes this idea by faying , that the shepherd ...
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... mufcofa extant fparfim de cefpite faxa , Nunc muro avellunt germen agrefte boves . † * Ver . 69 . + Carmina Quadragef . Oxon . 1748. pag . 5 . . VOLTAIRE , that lively maintainer of many a paradox VOLflides AND GENIUS OF POPE . 21.
... mufcofa extant fparfim de cefpite faxa , Nunc muro avellunt germen agrefte boves . † * Ver . 69 . + Carmina Quadragef . Oxon . 1748. pag . 5 . . VOLTAIRE , that lively maintainer of many a paradox VOLflides AND GENIUS OF POPE . 21.
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Joseph Warton . VOLTAIRE , that lively maintainer of many a paradox , is inclined to difpute the truth of the devastation imputed to William I. « Une " telle action , fays he , eft trop infenfée pour " etre vraisemblable . Les ...
Joseph Warton . VOLTAIRE , that lively maintainer of many a paradox , is inclined to difpute the truth of the devastation imputed to William I. « Une " telle action , fays he , eft trop infenfée pour " etre vraisemblable . Les ...
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... lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly constitutes true poetry . An hiftorian or profewriter might fay , " Then fhall the most " diftant nations crowd into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of uncouth form ...
... lively pictures ; the selection of which chiefly constitutes true poetry . An hiftorian or profewriter might fay , " Then fhall the most " diftant nations crowd into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of uncouth form ...
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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 compofition Corneille criticiſm defign deſcribed deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa Engliſh Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies fpirit ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficiently fylphs genius greateſt himſelf hiſtory Homer Iliad images imagination infert 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 reaſon remarkable repreſent reſpect ſays ſcene ſeem ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſtanza ſtory ſtriking ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe wiſh writing