An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... provinces kept diftinct from each other ; and to imprefs on the reader , that a clear head , and acute underftanding are not fufficient , alone , to make Co * make a POET ; that the most folid obfervations on iv DEDICATION .
... provinces kept diftinct from each other ; and to imprefs on the reader , that a clear head , and acute underftanding are not fufficient , alone , to make Co * make a POET ; that the most folid obfervations on iv DEDICATION .
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... reader is referred , at all more appropriated . The ftag - chase , that immediately follows , although fome of the lines are incomparably good , * is not fo full , fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE ...
... reader is referred , at all more appropriated . The ftag - chase , that immediately follows , although fome of the lines are incomparably good , * is not fo full , fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE ...
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... reader , than a moral one . When POPE therefore has defcribed a pheasant shot , he breaks out into a very mafterly exclamation ; Ah ! what avail his gloffy varying dyes , His purple creft , and fcarlet - circled eyes , The vivid green ...
... reader , than a moral one . When POPE therefore has defcribed a pheasant shot , he breaks out into a very mafterly exclamation ; Ah ! what avail his gloffy varying dyes , His purple creft , and fcarlet - circled eyes , The vivid green ...
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... readers , till they were set to admirable mufic by Mr. Handel . And indeed this Volume of Milton's miscellaneous poems has not till very lately met with suitable regard . Shall I offend any rational admirer of POPE by remarking , that ...
... readers , till they were set to admirable mufic by Mr. Handel . And indeed this Volume of Milton's miscellaneous poems has not till very lately met with suitable regard . Shall I offend any rational admirer of POPE by remarking , that ...
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... taking notice of the SEASONS of Thomson , who had peculiar and powerful talents for Milton's Miscellaneous Poems , vol . 2. pag . 19 . this fpecies of compofition . Let the reader therefore pardon G this AND GENIUS OF POPE . 4I.
... taking notice of the SEASONS of Thomson , who had peculiar and powerful talents for Milton's Miscellaneous Poems , vol . 2. pag . 19 . this fpecies of compofition . Let the reader therefore pardon G this AND GENIUS OF POPE . 4I.
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Abelard Addiſon ¯neid alfo almoſt alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant cauſe character circumſtances compofition Corneille criticiſm defcribed defign deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa Engliſh epiftles Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays feem fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies ftill ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficient fylphs genius greateſt himſelf hiſtory Iliad images imagination 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 repreſent reſpect ſay ſcene ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpeech ſpirit ſtanza ſtory ſtriking ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe wiſhes writing