An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... " INCAPABLE PEUTETRE DU SUBLIME QUI ELEVE L ' AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L ' ATTENDRIT , MAIS FAIT POUR ECLAIRER CEUX A QUI LA NATURE ACCORDA L ' UN ET CC ( c 협 笋 ET L'AUTRE , LABORIEUX , SEVERE , PRECIS , PUR X DEDICATION . I.
... " INCAPABLE PEUTETRE DU SUBLIME QUI ELEVE L ' AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L ' ATTENDRIT , MAIS FAIT POUR ECLAIRER CEUX A QUI LA NATURE ACCORDA L ' UN ET CC ( c 협 笋 ET L'AUTRE , LABORIEUX , SEVERE , PRECIS , PUR X DEDICATION . I.
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... natural . This perhaps may be one reason , among others , why we have never yet feen a fair and candid criticifm on the character and merits of our laft great poet , Mr. POPE . I have therefore thought , that it would be no unpleafing ...
... natural . This perhaps may be one reason , among others , why we have never yet feen a fair and candid criticifm on the character and merits of our laft great poet , Mr. POPE . I have therefore thought , that it would be no unpleafing ...
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... defcribed what he faw and felt : and had no need to have recourse to thofe artificial affemblages of pleafing objects , which are not to be found in nature . The figs and the honey which he B 2 in AND GENIUS OF POPE . 3.
... defcribed what he faw and felt : and had no need to have recourse to thofe artificial affemblages of pleafing objects , which are not to be found in nature . The figs and the honey which he B 2 in AND GENIUS OF POPE . 3.
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Joseph Warton. in nature . The figs and the honey which he affigns as a reward to a victorious shepherd were in themselves exquifite , and are therefore affigned with great propriety * : and the beauties of that luxurious landschape so ...
Joseph Warton. in nature . The figs and the honey which he affigns as a reward to a victorious shepherd were in themselves exquifite , and are therefore affigned with great propriety * : and the beauties of that luxurious landschape so ...
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... nature haftes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing fpring . * are lines which have too much prettiness , and too modern an air . The judicious addition of circumstances and adjuncts is what renders poefy ...
... nature haftes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing fpring . * are lines which have too much prettiness , and too modern an air . The judicious addition of circumstances and adjuncts is what renders poefy ...
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