An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... what he finds * See OBSERVATIONS on the FAERY QUEEN of Spenser , by Thomas Warton , Sect . vii . p . 166 . On Dram . Foely . p . 61 . O merely merely coarse brick , he leaves magnificent marble . Those AND GENIUS OF POPE . 97.
... what he finds * See OBSERVATIONS on the FAERY QUEEN of Spenser , by Thomas Warton , Sect . vii . p . 166 . On Dram . Foely . p . 61 . O merely merely coarse brick , he leaves magnificent marble . Those AND GENIUS OF POPE . 97.
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... observations on life or learning , ex- preffed 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 feldom hazard a figure , whose ...
... observations on life or learning , ex- preffed 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 feldom hazard a figure , whose ...
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... observations on , and illustrations of fuch paffages and precepts in this ESSAY , as , on account of their utility , novelty , or elegance , deserve particular atten- tion ; and perhaps I may take the freedom to hint at a few ...
... observations on , and illustrations of fuch paffages and precepts in this ESSAY , as , on account of their utility , novelty , or elegance , deserve particular atten- tion ; and perhaps I may take the freedom to hint at a few ...
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... observations on the Cid , was we know the work of persons who had themselves written well . And our au- thor's own excellent preface to his translation of the Iliad , one of the best pieces of profe in the English language , is an ...
... observations on the Cid , was we know the work of persons who had themselves written well . And our au- thor's own excellent preface to his translation of the Iliad , one of the best pieces of profe in the English language , is an ...
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... observation has in it all that acuteness , comprehenfion , and knowledge of man , which so eminently distinguished this philofopher . 6. One science only will one genius fit ; So vaft is art , fo narrow human wit . Not only bounded to ...
... observation has in it all that acuteness , comprehenfion , and knowledge of man , which so eminently distinguished this philofopher . 6. One science only will one genius fit ; So vaft is art , fo narrow human wit . Not only bounded to ...
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