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 whose mean- ing is not extended and weighed as it ought to be . Nothing can be more judicious than the method he prescribes , of trying whether ...
... pieces . - NEQUE ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM DIXERIS ESSE SATIS are lines , often repeated , but whose mean- ing is not extended and weighed as it ought to be . Nothing can be more judicious than the method he prescribes , of trying whether ...
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... pieces with too great a quantity of light or of shade ; and are disqualified happily to hit upon that middle colour , that mixture of B error and excellence , which alone renders every representation of. error * Idyll . i . ver . 1 ...
... pieces with too great a quantity of light or of shade ; and are disqualified happily to hit upon that middle colour , that mixture of B error and excellence , which alone renders every representation of. error * Idyll . i . ver . 1 ...
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... pieces . Πα ποκ ̓ ̓ας ησθ ̓ ̔οκα Δαφνις ̓ελακείο ; τα ποκα Νυμφαι ; Η καλα Πηνειω καλα τεμπεα , η καλα Πινδω ; Ου γαρ δη πολαμοιο μεγαν ροον ' ειχεῖ ̓ Αναπω , Ουδ ' ̓Αῖνας σκοπιαν , ' εδ ̓ ̓Ακκιδα ἱερον υδωρ . * Where stray , ye muses ...
... pieces . Πα ποκ ̓ ̓ας ησθ ̓ ̔οκα Δαφνις ̓ελακείο ; τα ποκα Νυμφαι ; Η καλα Πηνειω καλα τεμπεα , η καλα Πινδω ; Ου γαρ δη πολαμοιο μεγαν ροον ' ειχεῖ ̓ Αναπω , Ουδ ' ̓Αῖνας σκοπιαν , ' εδ ̓ ̓Ακκιδα ἱερον υδωρ . * Where stray , ye muses ...
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Joseph Warton. 1 SECT . II . Of WINDSOR - FOREST , and LYRIC Pieces . DESCRIPTIVE Poetry ESCRIPTIVE Poetry was by no means the shining talent of POPE . This af- fertion may be manifested by the few images introduced in the poem before us ...
Joseph Warton. 1 SECT . II . Of WINDSOR - FOREST , and LYRIC Pieces . DESCRIPTIVE Poetry ESCRIPTIVE Poetry was by no means the shining talent of POPE . This af- fertion may be manifested by the few images introduced in the poem before us ...
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... pieces , are his Lycidas , L'Allegro , and Il Penserofo ; if we may except his Ode on the Nativity of Christ , which is indeed prior in the order of time , and in which a penetrating critic might have discovered the seeds of that ...
... pieces , are his Lycidas , L'Allegro , and Il Penserofo ; if we may except his Ode on the Nativity of Christ , which is indeed prior in the order of time , and in which a penetrating critic might have discovered the seeds of that ...
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