An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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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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... objects , so misery and deftruction are as forcibly delineated in the fame Ifaiah , by the circumftances of distress and defolation , that were to attend the fall of that magnificent city , Babylon : and the latter is perhaps a more ...
... objects , so misery and deftruction are as forcibly delineated in the fame Ifaiah , by the circumftances of distress and defolation , that were to attend the fall of that magnificent city , Babylon : and the latter is perhaps a more ...
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... object worthy a prudent legiflator . A more amiable idea than POPE has here exhibited of the Conqueror , is given us of the fame prince , by that diligent enenquirer into antiquity the President Henault , in a paffage that contains fome ...
... object worthy a prudent legiflator . A more amiable idea than POPE has here exhibited of the Conqueror , is given us of the fame prince , by that diligent enenquirer into antiquity the President Henault , in a paffage that contains fome ...
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... object , for which each was once fo remarkable . THE groupe of allegorical perfonages that fucceeds the last mentioned lines , are worthy the pencil of Rubens or Julio Romano : it may , perhaps , however be wished that the epithets ...
... object , for which each was once fo remarkable . THE groupe of allegorical perfonages that fucceeds the last mentioned lines , are worthy the pencil of Rubens or Julio Romano : it may , perhaps , however be wished that the epithets ...
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... object . This is the great charm of the incomparable ELEGY written in a Country Church - Yard . Having mentioned the rustic monuments and fimple epitaphs of the swains , the amiable poet falls into a very natural reflection : For who ...
... object . This is the great charm of the incomparable ELEGY written in a Country Church - Yard . Having mentioned the rustic monuments and fimple epitaphs of the swains , the amiable poet falls into a very natural reflection : For who ...
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