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 , OTWAY and LEE . In the fecond class should be placed , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but had noble talents for ...
... pathetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON ; and then , at proper intervals , OTWAY and LEE . In the fecond class should be placed , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but had noble talents for ...
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... PATHETIC reflection , properly introduced into a descriptive poem , will have a still greater force and beauty , and more deeply intereft a reader , than a moral one . When POPE therefore has defcribed a pheasant shot , he breaks out ...
... PATHETIC reflection , properly introduced into a descriptive poem , will have a still greater force and beauty , and more deeply intereft a reader , than a moral one . When POPE therefore has defcribed a pheasant shot , he breaks out ...
Page 55
... at the beginning of the fixth ftanza , is highly pathetic and poetical , especially when he conjures 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 conjures 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 snatched back , and which she uttered as she was gradually finking to the fhades , especially where she movingly takes her last adieu , Jamque vale ! And adds , that fhe is now ...
... pathetic exclamations of Eurydice , the moment fhe was snatched back , and which she uttered as she was gradually finking to the fhades , especially where she movingly takes her last adieu , Jamque vale ! And adds , that fhe is now ...
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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