An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... must have heard the murmurings of a brook , and the whispers of a pine , * with more home- felt pleasure , than Pope + could poffibly ex- perience upon the fame occafion . We can never completely relish , or adequately under- stand any ...
... must have heard the murmurings of a brook , and the whispers of a pine , * with more home- felt pleasure , than Pope + could poffibly ex- perience upon the fame occafion . We can never completely relish , or adequately under- stand any ...
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... must do a noble En- glish poet the juftice to obferve , that it is this particular art that is the very diftinguishing excellence of COOPERS - HILL ; throughout which , the descriptions of places , and images raised by the poet , are ...
... must do a noble En- glish poet the juftice to obferve , that it is this particular art that is the very diftinguishing excellence of COOPERS - HILL ; throughout which , the descriptions of places , and images raised by the poet , are ...
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... must also condemn the Georgics 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 ...
... must also condemn the Georgics 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 ...
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... must charge it folely to his own want of CC << dexterity . What advantage , on the other hand , may he not reap , from a body of " actors that fill the stage ; that render more CC << lively , ftriking , and fenfible , the continuity ...
... must charge it folely to his own want of CC << dexterity . What advantage , on the other hand , may he not reap , from a body of " actors that fill the stage ; that render more CC << lively , ftriking , and fenfible , the continuity ...
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... must needs be stamped with a close resemblance to each other , fince the objects material or animate , extraneous or internal , which they all imi- tate , lie equally open to the obfervation of all , and are perfectly fimilar ...
... must needs be stamped with a close resemblance to each other , fince the objects material or animate , extraneous or internal , which they all imi- tate , lie equally open to the obfervation of all , and are perfectly fimilar ...
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