An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... pieces . NEQUE ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM DIXERIS ESSE SATIS —————— are lines , often repeated , but whofe meaning is not extended and weighed as it ought to be . Nothing can be more judicious than the method he prescribes , of trying ...
... pieces . NEQUE ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM DIXERIS ESSE SATIS —————— are lines , often repeated , but whofe meaning is not extended and weighed as it ought to be . Nothing can be more judicious than the method he prescribes , of trying ...
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... are apt to overcharge their pieces with too great a quantity of light or of shade ; and are difqualified happily to hit upon that middle colour , that mixture of • B error error and excellence , which alone renders every representation of.
... are apt to overcharge their pieces with too great a quantity of light or of shade ; and are difqualified happily to hit upon that middle colour , that mixture of • B error error and excellence , which alone renders every representation of.
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... pieces . . Πα ποκ ' ' αρ ' ησθ ' οκα Δαφνις ελακείο ; τα ποια Νύμφαι ; Η καλα Πηνειω καλα τέμπεα , η καλα Πίνδω ; Ου γαρ δη ποταμοιο μεγαν ροον ̓ειχες Αναπω , Ουδ ' ̓Ανας σκοπιαν , υδ ̓ ̓Ακκιδῶν ἱερον ύδως . Where ftray , ye mufes , in ...
... pieces . . Πα ποκ ' ' αρ ' ησθ ' οκα Δαφνις ελακείο ; τα ποια Νύμφαι ; Η καλα Πηνειω καλα τέμπεα , η καλα Πίνδω ; Ου γαρ δη ποταμοιο μεγαν ροον ̓ειχες Αναπω , Ουδ ' ̓Ανας σκοπιαν , υδ ̓ ̓Ακκιδῶν ἱερον ύδως . Where ftray , ye mufes , in ...
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Joseph Warton. SECT . II . Of WINDSOR - FOREST , and LYRIC Pieces . D ESCRIPTIVE Poetry was by no means the shining talent of POPE . This affertion may be manifefted by the few images introduced in the poem before us , which are not ...
Joseph Warton. SECT . II . Of WINDSOR - FOREST , and LYRIC Pieces . D ESCRIPTIVE Poetry was by no means the shining talent of POPE . This affertion may be manifefted by the few images introduced in the poem before us , which are not ...
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... pieces , are his Lycidas , L'Allegro , and Il Penferofo ; if we may except his Ode on the Nativity of Chrift , which is indeed prior in the order of time , and in which a penetrating critic might have discovered the feeds of that ...
... pieces , are his Lycidas , L'Allegro , and Il Penferofo ; if we may except his Ode on the Nativity of Chrift , which is indeed prior in the order of time , and in which a penetrating critic might have discovered the feeds of that ...
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