An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... occafion . We can never completely relish , or adequately understand any author , efpecially any Ancient , except we constantly keep in our eye his climate , his country , and his age . POPE himself informs us , in a note , that he ...
... occafion . We can never completely relish , or adequately understand any author , efpecially any Ancient , except we constantly keep in our eye his climate , his country , and his age . POPE himself informs us , in a note , that he ...
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... occafion for fome obfervation on human life . Denham himself is not fuperiour to this neglected author , in this particular . After painting a landfchape very extenfive and diversified , he adds ; • Thus is nature's vesture wrought To ...
... occafion for fome obfervation on human life . Denham himself is not fuperiour to this neglected author , in this particular . After painting a landfchape very extenfive and diversified , he adds ; • Thus is nature's vesture wrought To ...
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... of hereditary images , without proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion , in which they were formerly used . Though the diction of the the SEASONS is fometimes harsh and inharmonious , and fometimes 42 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... of hereditary images , without proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion , in which they were formerly used . Though the diction of the the SEASONS is fometimes harsh and inharmonious , and fometimes 42 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... occafion , and might be inserted with equal propriety in twenty other tragedies . This remark of Aristotle , tho he does not himself produce any examples , may be verified from the following among many others . In the Phoenicians of ...
... occafion , and might be inserted with equal propriety in twenty other tragedies . This remark of Aristotle , tho he does not himself produce any examples , may be verified from the following among many others . In the Phoenicians of ...
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... occafion , at verfe 694 , to give a minute and moving picture of the folitary life of that unfortunate hero ; and when afterwards at verse 855 , pain has totally exhausted the ftrength and spirits of Philoctetes , and it is neceffary ...
... occafion , at verfe 694 , to give a minute and moving picture of the folitary life of that unfortunate hero ; and when afterwards at verse 855 , pain has totally exhausted the ftrength and spirits of Philoctetes , and it is neceffary ...
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