An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page iii
... honour his abilities ; but I do not think him at the head of his profeffion . In other words , in that fpecies of poetry wherein POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind : and I only fay , that A 2 to TO THE REVEREND.
... honour his abilities ; but I do not think him at the head of his profeffion . In other words , in that fpecies of poetry wherein POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind : and I only fay , that A 2 to TO THE REVEREND.
Page iv
... poetry is not the most excel- lent one of the art . We do not , it fhould feem , fufficiently attend to the difference there is , betwixt a MAN OF WIT , a MAN OF SENSE , and a TRUE POET Donne and Swift , were un- doubtedly men of wit ...
... poetry is not the most excel- lent one of the art . We do not , it fhould feem , fufficiently attend to the difference there is , betwixt a MAN OF WIT , a MAN OF SENSE , and a TRUE POET Donne and Swift , were un- doubtedly men of wit ...
Page v
Joseph Warton. 6 make a POET ; that the moft folid obfer- vations on human life , expreffed with the utmost elegance and brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that the EPISTLES of Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the ...
Joseph Warton. 6 make a POET ; that the moft folid obfer- vations on human life , expreffed with the utmost elegance and brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that the EPISTLES of Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the ...
Page vi
... poetry is far more popular , than Akenfide's noble ode to Lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Cha- racters of men ... POET , MERELY on their account . NON NON SATIS EST PURIS VERSUM PERSCRIBERE VERBIS . It is vi DEDICATION .
... poetry is far more popular , than Akenfide's noble ode to Lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Cha- racters of men ... POET , MERELY on their account . NON NON SATIS EST PURIS VERSUM PERSCRIBERE VERBIS . It is vi DEDICATION .
Page xi
... poets may , I think , be be difpofed in four different claffes and degrees . In the first class , I would place , first , our only three fublime and pathetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON ; and then , at proper intervals , Or ...
... poets may , I think , be be difpofed in four different claffes and degrees . In the first class , I would place , first , our only three fublime and pathetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON ; and then , at proper intervals , Or ...
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