An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... means the shining talent of POPE . This affertion may be manifefted by the few images introduced in the poem before us , which are not equally applicable to any place whatfoever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar beauties ...
... means the shining talent of POPE . This affertion may be manifefted by the few images introduced in the poem before us , which are not equally applicable to any place whatfoever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar beauties ...
Page 21
... means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rofamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marmoris obfcuri fervat inane decus , Rara intermiff¿ circum veftigia molis , Et fola in vacuo tramite porta labat : Sacr¿ olim fedes rigu¿ convallis in ...
... means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rofamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marmoris obfcuri fervat inane decus , Rara intermiff¿ circum veftigia molis , Et fola in vacuo tramite porta labat : Sacr¿ olim fedes rigu¿ convallis in ...
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... means his only excellence ; he is equally to be praised , for impreffing on our minds the effects , which the fcene delineated would have on the present spectator or hearer . Thus having spoken of the roaring of the favages in the ...
... means his only excellence ; he is equally to be praised , for impreffing on our minds the effects , which the fcene delineated would have on the present spectator or hearer . Thus having spoken of the roaring of the favages in the ...
Page 51
... to condemn Thomson , they must also condemn the Georgics of Virgil , and the greatest part of the nobleft descriptive poem extant , I mean , that of Lucretius . WE are next to speak of the LYRIC pieces of H 2 WE AND GENIUS OF POPE . 51.
... to condemn Thomson , they must also condemn the Georgics of Virgil , and the greatest part of the nobleft descriptive poem extant , I mean , that of Lucretius . WE are next to speak of the LYRIC pieces of H 2 WE AND GENIUS OF POPE . 51.
Page 54
... means equal to the conclusion of that stanza . The animating fong that Orpheus fung to the Argonauts , copied from Valerius Flaccus , for that of Apollonius is of a different nature , is the happily chosen subject of the fourth . On ...
... means equal to the conclusion of that stanza . The animating fong that Orpheus fung to the Argonauts , copied from Valerius Flaccus , for that of Apollonius is of a different nature , is the happily chosen subject of the fourth . On ...
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