An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... reader is referred , at all more appropriated . The ftag - chafe , that im- mediately follows , although fome of the lines are incomparably good , * is not so full , fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE ...
... reader is referred , at all more appropriated . The ftag - chafe , that im- mediately follows , although fome of the lines are incomparably good , * is not so 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 masterly excla- mation ; Ah ! what avail his gloffy varying dyes , His purple creft , and scarlet - circled eyes , The vivid green ...
... reader , than a moral one . When POPE therefore has defcribed a pheasant shot , he breaks out into a very masterly excla- mation ; Ah ! what avail his gloffy varying dyes , His purple creft , and scarlet - circled eyes , The vivid green ...
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... readers , till they were set to admirable music 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 music 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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... peculiar and powerful talents for Milton's Mifcellaneous Poems , vol . 2. pag . 19 . this fpecies of compofition . Let the reader therefore pardon G this AND GENIUS OF POPE . 4I And afterwards obferves, in a very epigram- ...
... peculiar and powerful talents for Milton's Mifcellaneous Poems , vol . 2. pag . 19 . this fpecies of compofition . Let the reader therefore pardon G this AND GENIUS OF POPE . 4I And afterwards obferves, in a very epigram- ...
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Joseph Warton. this fpecies of compofition . Let the reader therefore pardon a digreffion , if fuch it be , on his merits and character . Thomson was blessed with a strong and copious fancy ; he hath enriched poetry with a variety of new ...
Joseph Warton. this fpecies of compofition . Let the reader therefore pardon a digreffion , if fuch it be , on his merits and character . Thomson was blessed with a strong and copious fancy ; he hath enriched poetry with a variety of new ...
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Abelard Addiſon alfo almoſt alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character circumſtances cloſely compofition Corneille criticiſm defcribed defign deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa Engliſh epiftles eſpecially Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior 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 reafon repreſent reſpect ſay ſcene ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpeech ſpirit ſtanza ſtate ſtory ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe wiſhes writing