An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... mentioned critics have remarked the circumftance that gave origin to the opinion that any golden age was intended . Theocritus , the father and the model of this enchanting fpecies of compofition , lived and wrote in Sicily . The ...
... mentioned critics have remarked the circumftance that gave origin to the opinion that any golden age was intended . Theocritus , the father and the model of this enchanting fpecies of compofition , lived and wrote in Sicily . The ...
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... mention of places remarkably romantic , the fuppofed habitation of Druids , bards , and wizards , is far more pleafing to the imagination , than the obvious introduction of Cam and Ifis , as feats of the Muses . THEOCRITUS , Idyll . i ...
... mention of places remarkably romantic , the fuppofed habitation of Druids , bards , and wizards , is far more pleafing to the imagination , than the obvious introduction of Cam and Ifis , as feats of the Muses . THEOCRITUS , Idyll . i ...
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... mentioned lines , are worthy the pencil of Rubens or Julio Romano : it may , perhaps , however be wished that the epithets barbarous ( difcord ) , mad ( ambition ) , hateful ( envy ) , † had been particular and pic- turefque , inftead ...
... mentioned lines , are worthy the pencil of Rubens or Julio Romano : it may , perhaps , however be wished that the epithets barbarous ( difcord ) , mad ( ambition ) , hateful ( envy ) , † had been particular and pic- turefque , inftead ...
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... mentioned the rustic monuments and fimple epitaphs of the swains , the amiable poet falls into a very natural reflection : For who , to dumb forgetfulness a prey , This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd , Left the warm precincts of ...
... mentioned the rustic monuments and fimple epitaphs of the swains , the amiable poet falls into a very natural reflection : For who , to dumb forgetfulness a prey , This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd , Left the warm precincts of ...
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... mentioned , The quail that clamours for his running mate ? Or the following natural image , at the fame time of the year ? Wide o'er the thiftly lawr , as fwells the breeze , A whitening shower of vegetable down Amufive floats . Where ...
... mentioned , The quail that clamours for his running mate ? Or the following natural image , at the fame time of the year ? Wide o'er the thiftly lawr , as fwells the breeze , A whitening shower of vegetable down Amufive floats . Where ...
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