An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... mind : pity being a stronger sensation than complacency . Accordingly a noble ode on the destruction of Babylon , taken from the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah , has been written by Mr. Lowth , whose latin prelections on the inimitable ...
... mind : pity being a stronger sensation than complacency . Accordingly a noble ode on the destruction of Babylon , taken from the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah , has been written by Mr. Lowth , whose latin prelections on the inimitable ...
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... ; much in the fame manner as the real fight of fuch scenes and profpects is apt to give the mind a * Iliad . B. 16. in the notes : Ver . 465 . comcomposed turn , and incline it to thoughts and contemplations that 30 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... ; much in the fame manner as the real fight of fuch scenes and profpects is apt to give the mind a * Iliad . B. 16. in the notes : Ver . 465 . comcomposed turn , and incline it to thoughts and contemplations that 30 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... mind so strongly inclined to a moral way of writing . After speaking of hunting the hare , he immediately fubjoins , much in the fpirit of Denham , Beafts urg'd by us their fellow beasts pursue , And learn of man each other to undo ...
... mind so strongly inclined to a moral way of writing . After speaking of hunting the hare , he immediately fubjoins , much in the fpirit of Denham , Beafts urg'd by us their fellow beasts pursue , And learn of man each other to undo ...
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... mind . Around th ' adjoining brook , that purls along The vocal grove , now fretting o'er a rock , Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool , Now starting to a fudden stream , and now Gently diffus'd into a limpid plain ; . A various ...
... mind . Around th ' adjoining brook , that purls along The vocal grove , now fretting o'er a rock , Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool , Now starting to a fudden stream , and now Gently diffus'd into a limpid plain ; . A various ...
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... 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 wilderness of Africa , he introduces a captive , who though juft escaped from + ...
... 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 wilderness of Africa , he introduces a captive , who though juft escaped from + ...
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