An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... Pathetic are the two chief nerves of all genuine poefy . What is there very fublime or very Pathetic in POPE ? In his works there is indeed , nihil inane , nihil arceffitum ; -- puro tamen fonti quam magno flumini propior ; " as the ...
... Pathetic are the two chief nerves of all genuine poefy . What is there very fublime or very Pathetic in POPE ? In his works there is indeed , nihil inane , nihil arceffitum ; -- puro tamen fonti quam magno flumini propior ; " as the ...
Page xi
... pathetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON ; and then , at proper intervals , Or WAY and LEE . In the fecond class should be placed , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate de- gree , but had noble talents ...
... pathetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON ; and then , at proper intervals , Or WAY and LEE . In the fecond class should be placed , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate de- gree , but had noble talents ...
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... PATHETIC reflection , properly intro- duced into a defcriptive poem , will have a ftill greater force and beauty , and more deep- ly interest a reader , than a moral one . When POPE therefore has defcribed a pheasant shot , he breaks ...
... PATHETIC reflection , properly intro- duced into a defcriptive poem , will have a ftill greater force and beauty , and more deep- ly interest a reader , than a moral one . When POPE therefore has defcribed a pheasant shot , he breaks ...
Page 55
... at the beginning of the fixth ftanza , is highly pathetic and poetical , especially when he con- jures the powers below , * Ver . 480 . By By the hero's armed fhades Glittering through the gloomy glades AND GENIUS OF POPE . 55.
... at the beginning of the fixth ftanza , is highly pathetic and poetical , especially when he con- jures the powers below , * Ver . 480 . By By the hero's armed fhades Glittering through the gloomy glades AND GENIUS OF POPE . 55.
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... pathetic exclamations of Eurydice , the moment fhe was fnatched back , and which fhe uttered as she was gra- dually finking to the fhades , especially where she movingly takes her last adieu , Jamque vale ! And adds , that he is now ...
... pathetic exclamations of Eurydice , the moment fhe was fnatched back , and which fhe uttered as she was gra- dually finking to the fhades , especially where she movingly takes her last adieu , Jamque vale ! And adds , that he is now ...
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