An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... mufic , and on the Paffion , in the fame volume , and a vacation exercise , pag . y . in all which are to be found many strokes of the sublime . The The oracles are dumb , * No voice or hideous 38 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... mufic , and on the Paffion , in the fame volume , and a vacation exercise , pag . y . in all which are to be found many strokes of the sublime . The The oracles are dumb , * No voice or hideous 38 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
Page 53
... paffion cannot mufic raise and quell ! When Jubal struck the chorded shell , His lift'ning brethren stood around , And wond'ring on their faces fell , To worship that celeftial found : Less than a god they thought there could not dwell ...
... paffion cannot mufic raise and quell ! When Jubal struck the chorded shell , His lift'ning brethren stood around , And wond'ring on their faces fell , To worship that celeftial found : Less than a god they thought there could not dwell ...
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... paffion of this author , that he could not conclude his ode , but with a fevere stroke on his old anta- gonist Perrault , though the majesty of this fpecies of compofitions is fo much injured , by descending to personal fatire . The ...
... paffion of this author , that he could not conclude his ode , but with a fevere stroke on his old anta- gonist Perrault , though the majesty of this fpecies of compofitions is fo much injured , by descending to personal fatire . The ...
Page 214
... paffion of good - eating , are strokes high- ly comic . It is wonderful the ecclesiastics of France were not as much irritated by the publi- cation of the LUTRIN , as by the TARTUFFE of Moliere ; which was fuppreffed by their in- terest ...
... paffion of good - eating , are strokes high- ly comic . It is wonderful the ecclesiastics of France were not as much irritated by the publi- cation of the LUTRIN , as by the TARTUFFE of Moliere ; which was fuppreffed by their in- terest ...
Page 241
... to encounter each other by chance . This conduct is a little inartificial ; but has * Cant . 5. Ver . 53 . + Ibid . Ver . 85 . Ii . given given the fatyrift an opportunity of indulging his ruling paffion AND GENIUS OF POPE . 241.
... to encounter each other by chance . This conduct is a little inartificial ; but has * Cant . 5. Ver . 53 . + Ibid . Ver . 85 . Ii . given given the fatyrift an opportunity of indulging his ruling paffion AND GENIUS OF POPE . 241.
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