An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... mean- ing is not extended and weighed as it ought to be . Nothing can be more judicious than the method he prescribes , of trying whether any compofition be effentially poetical or not ; which is , to drop entirely the measures and ...
... mean- ing is not extended and weighed as it ought to be . Nothing can be more judicious than the method he prescribes , of trying whether any compofition be effentially poetical or not ; which is , to drop entirely the measures and ...
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... means the fhining talent of POPE . This af fertion may be manifested by the few images introduced in the poem before us , which are De equally applicable to any place whatso- ever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar ...
... means the fhining talent of POPE . This af fertion may be manifested by the few images introduced in the poem before us , which are De equally applicable to any place whatso- ever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar ...
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... means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rofamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marmoris obfcuri fervat inane decus , Rara intermiffæ circum veftigia molis , Et fola in vacuo tramite porta labat : Sacræ olim fedes riguæ convallis in ...
... means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rofamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marmoris obfcuri fervat inane decus , Rara intermiffæ circum veftigia molis , Et fola in vacuo tramite porta labat : Sacræ olim fedes riguæ 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 pre- sent 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 pre- sent spectator or hearer . Thus having spoken of the roaring of the favages in the ...
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... of Virgil , and the greatest part of the noblest 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 folemn, and penfive kind, on which a great ...
... of Virgil , and the greatest part of the noblest 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 folemn, and penfive kind, on which a great ...
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