An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... loft and overwhelmed in one of those whirlwinds that so frequently agitate and lift up the whole sands of the desart , he finishes his picture by adding that , • Summer , Ver . 299 . + Ver . 925 . In - - In Cairo's crouded street * Th ...
... loft and overwhelmed in one of those whirlwinds that so frequently agitate and lift up the whole sands of the desart , he finishes his picture by adding that , • Summer , Ver . 299 . + Ver . 925 . In - - In Cairo's crouded street * Th ...
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... Loft of Milton , call it , if you chuse , a , DIVINE poem , give it whatever name you please , provided you confefs , that it is a work as admirable in its kind as the Iliad . " Ne disputons jamais sur les noms , c'est une puerilitè ...
... Loft of Milton , call it , if you chuse , a , DIVINE poem , give it whatever name you please , provided you confefs , that it is a work as admirable in its kind as the Iliad . " Ne disputons jamais sur les noms , c'est une puerilitè ...
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... loft , who stays ' till all commend . ‡ WHEN Thomson published his Winter , it lay a long time neglected , ' till Mr. Spense made honourable mention of it in his Essay on the Odyssey ; which becoming a popular book , made the poem ...
... loft , who stays ' till all commend . ‡ WHEN Thomson published his Winter , it lay a long time neglected , ' till Mr. Spense made honourable mention of it in his Essay on the Odyssey ; which becoming a popular book , made the poem ...
Page 155
... loft ! Years have defac'd his matchless strain , And yet HE DID NOT SING IN VAIN . † To fix a language has been found , among the most able undertakers , to be a fruitless project . The style of the present French Novels and Memoirs ...
... loft ! Years have defac'd his matchless strain , And yet HE DID NOT SING IN VAIN . † To fix a language has been found , among the most able undertakers , to be a fruitless project . The style of the present French Novels and Memoirs ...
Page 161
... Loft , will for ever remain a monu- ment of the bad taste that prevailed . It may be added , that the progress of philological learning , and of what is called the belle lettres , was perhaps obstructed by the insti- tution of the Royal ...
... Loft , will for ever remain a monu- ment of the bad taste that prevailed . It may be added , that the progress of philological learning , and of what is called the belle lettres , was perhaps obstructed by the insti- tution of the Royal ...
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