An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... particularly in the exalted prophefy of Isaiah , which POPE has fo fuccefsfully verfified in an Eclogue , that inconteftably furpaffes the Pollio of Virgil : although perhaps the dignity , the energy , and the simplicity of the original ...
... particularly in the exalted prophefy of Isaiah , which POPE has fo fuccefsfully verfified in an Eclogue , that inconteftably furpaffes the Pollio of Virgil : although perhaps the dignity , the energy , and the simplicity of the original ...
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... fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE digreffion that defcribes the demoli* See particularly , ver . 151 . tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror , tion 20 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE digreffion that defcribes the demoli* See particularly , ver . 151 . tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror , tion 20 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... particularly , Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd , O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obfcene to gaping tombs retires , And favage howlings fill the facred quires . * Though I cannot forbear thinking , that the ...
... particularly , Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd , O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obfcene to gaping tombs retires , And favage howlings fill the facred quires . * Though I cannot forbear thinking , that the ...
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... particularly the magnificent lake and caícade , highly deferve to be celebrated by fome future POPE ; and would have contributed not a little to the beauty of the poem now before us . flides with dexterity and address from speaking of ...
... particularly the magnificent lake and caícade , highly deferve to be celebrated by fome future POPE ; and would have contributed not a little to the beauty of the poem now before us . flides with dexterity and address from speaking of ...
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... particularly famous for its long fucceffion of Incas , and Mexico for many magnificent works of maffy gold , there is great propriety in fixing the restoration of the grandeur of each to that object , for which each was once fo ...
... particularly famous for its long fucceffion of Incas , and Mexico for many magnificent works of maffy gold , there is great propriety in fixing the restoration of the grandeur of each to that object , for which each was once fo ...
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Abelard Addiſon alfo almoſt alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character circumſtances compofition Corneille criticiſm defign deſcribed deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa Engliſh Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies fpirit ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficiently fylphs genius greateſt himſelf hiſtory Homer Iliad images imagination infert inftance itſelf Jane Shore juſt laft laſt loft Milton moft moſt mufic muſt nature numbers o'er obfervations occafion Ovid paffage paffion pathetic perfon Petrarch pieces Pindar pleaſed pleaſure poefy poem poet poetical poetry POPE praiſes preſent profe publiſhed Quintilian Racine raiſed reaſon remarkable repreſent reſpect ſays ſcene ſeem ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſtanza ſtory ſtriking ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe wiſh writing