An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... represent the undisturbed felicity of the golden age , is an empty notion , which , though supported by a Rapin and a Fonte- nelle , I think , all rational critics have agreed to exftirpate and explode . But I do not re- member , that ...
... represent the undisturbed felicity of the golden age , is an empty notion , which , though supported by a Rapin and a Fonte- nelle , I think , all rational critics have agreed to exftirpate and explode . But I do not re- member , that ...
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... represent the king himself speaking , and madly boafting of his unbounded power , whence the prodigiousness of his ruin is won- derfully aggravated . Nor is this enough ; a new perfonage is immediately formed : Thofe are introduced who ...
... represent the king himself speaking , and madly boafting of his unbounded power , whence the prodigiousness of his ruin is won- derfully aggravated . Nor is this enough ; a new perfonage is immediately formed : Thofe are introduced who ...
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... represents the Meffiah treading the wine - prefs in his anger , and which an impartial judge , not blinded by the charms of antiquity , will think equal to any description in Virgil , in point of ele- gance and energy : Ille patris ...
... represents the Meffiah treading the wine - prefs in his anger , and which an impartial judge , not blinded by the charms of antiquity , will think equal to any description in Virgil , in point of ele- gance and energy : Ille patris ...
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... represent the meagre and ghaftly figure in- tended . I make no fcruple of adding , that in this famous paffage , Virgil has exhibited no images fo lively and diftinct , as these living figures painted by POPE , each of them with their ...
... represent the meagre and ghaftly figure in- tended . I make no fcruple of adding , that in this famous paffage , Virgil has exhibited no images fo lively and diftinct , as these living figures painted by POPE , each of them with their ...
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... represents ; And fullen Moloch fled Hath left in fhadows dread , His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with cimbals ring They call the griefly king , In difmal dance about the furnace blue . + Attention is irresistibly awoke ...
... represents ; And fullen Moloch fled Hath left in fhadows dread , His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with cimbals ring They call the griefly king , In difmal dance about the furnace blue . + Attention is irresistibly awoke ...
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