An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... observation of all , and are perfectly fimilar . Defcriptions therefore that are faithful and juft , MUST BE UNIFORM AND ALIKE ; the firft copier may be perhaps entitled to the praise of priority , but a fucceeding one ought not ...
... observation of all , and are perfectly fimilar . Defcriptions therefore that are faithful and juft , MUST BE UNIFORM AND ALIKE ; the firft copier may be perhaps entitled to the praise of priority , but a fucceeding one ought not ...
Page 91
... prius , " railed feverely at the ancients , for taking from him his best thoughts ; " Pereant qui ante nos , noftra " dixerunt . " N 2 MENAGE MENAGE makes these observations on occafion of a paffage in AND GENIUS OF POPE . 91.
... prius , " railed feverely at the ancients , for taking from him his best thoughts ; " Pereant qui ante nos , noftra " dixerunt . " N 2 MENAGE MENAGE makes these observations on occafion of a paffage in AND GENIUS OF POPE . 91.
Page 92
Joseph Warton. MENAGE makes these observations on occafion of a paffage in the Poetics of Vida , intended to justify borrowing the thoughts and even expreffions of others , which paffage is very applicable to the subject before us ...
Joseph Warton. MENAGE makes these observations on occafion of a paffage in the Poetics of Vida , intended to justify borrowing the thoughts and even expreffions of others , which paffage is very applicable to the subject before us ...
Page 97
... what he finds * See OBSERVATIONS on the FAERY QUEEN of Spenfer , by Thomas Warton , Sect . vii . p . 166 . + On Dram . poefy . p . 61 . Q merely merely coarse brick , he leaves magnificent marble . Those AND GENIUS OF POPE . 97.
... what he finds * See OBSERVATIONS on the FAERY QUEEN of Spenfer , by Thomas Warton , Sect . vii . p . 166 . + On Dram . poefy . p . 61 . Q merely merely coarse brick , he leaves magnificent marble . Those AND GENIUS OF POPE . 97.
Page 102
... observations on life or learning , expreffed in a more chaft and fubdued style . The former will frequently be hurried into obfcurity or turgidity , and a false grandeur of diction ; the latter will seldom hazard a figure , whose usage ...
... observations on life or learning , expreffed in a more chaft and fubdued style . The former will frequently be hurried into obfcurity or turgidity , and a false grandeur of diction ; the latter will seldom hazard a figure , whose usage ...
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