An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page v
... poetical , than the CHARACTERS of Bruyere in PROSE ; and that it is a creative and glowing IMAGINATION , " acer fpiritus ac vis , " and that alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and very uncommon character , which fo few ...
... poetical , than the CHARACTERS of Bruyere in PROSE ; and that it is a creative and glowing IMAGINATION , " acer fpiritus ac vis , " and that alone , that can stamp a writer with this exalted and very uncommon character , which fo few ...
Page vii
... whether any compofition be effentially poetical or not ; which is , to drop entirely the measures and numbers , and tranfpofe and invert the order of the K words : words : and in this unadorned manner to perufe the DEDICATION . vii.
... whether any compofition be effentially poetical or not ; which is , to drop entirely the measures and numbers , and tranfpofe and invert the order of the K words : words : and in this unadorned manner to perufe the DEDICATION . vii.
Page viii
... poetical spirit , all your inverfions and tranfpofitions will not difguife and extinguish it ; but it will retain its luftre , like a diamond , unfet , and thrown back into the rubbish of the mine . Let us make a little experiment on ...
... poetical spirit , all your inverfions and tranfpofitions will not difguife and extinguish it ; but it will retain its luftre , like a diamond , unfet , and thrown back into the rubbish of the mine . Let us make a little experiment on ...
Page ix
... poetical as the Qui fit " M¿cenas " of the author who recommends this method of trial . Take any ten lines of the Iliad , Paradife Loft , or even of the Georgics of Virgil , and fee whether by any procefs of critical chymistry , ! you ...
... poetical as the Qui fit " M¿cenas " of the author who recommends this method of trial . Take any ten lines of the Iliad , Paradife Loft , or even of the Georgics of Virgil , and fee whether by any procefs of critical chymistry , ! you ...
Page xi
... poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but had noble talents for moral and ethical poefy . At the head of these are DRYDEN , DONNE , DENHAM , COWLEY , CONGREVE . In the third clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant tafte ...
... poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but had noble talents for moral and ethical poefy . At the head of these are DRYDEN , DONNE , DENHAM , COWLEY , CONGREVE . In the third clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant tafte ...
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