An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... taken particular and repeated pains , to fettle and adjust the opinion in question . He has more than once difclaimed all right and title to the name of POET , on the fcore of his ethic and fatiric pieces . NEQUE ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM ...
... taken particular and repeated pains , to fettle and adjust the opinion in question . He has more than once difclaimed all right and title to the name of POET , on the fcore of his ethic and fatiric pieces . NEQUE ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM ...
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... taken from the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah , has been written by Mr. Lowth , whose latin prelections on the inimitable poesy of the Hebrews , abounding in remarks entirely new , delivered in the purest and most expreffive language ...
... taken from the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah , has been written by Mr. Lowth , whose latin prelections on the inimitable poesy of the Hebrews , abounding in remarks entirely new , delivered in the purest and most expreffive language ...
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... . What poet hath ever taken notice of the leaf , that towards the end of autumn , Inceffant ruftles from the mournful grove , Ver . 1000 . Oft startling such as , ftudious , walk below , G 2 Or AND GENIUS OF POPE . 43.
... . What poet hath ever taken notice of the leaf , that towards the end of autumn , Inceffant ruftles from the mournful grove , Ver . 1000 . Oft startling such as , ftudious , walk below , G 2 Or AND GENIUS OF POPE . 43.
Page 93
... . + N ° 143 . * The Works of Cardinal Bembo , and of Casa , of Annibal Caro , and Taffo himself , are full of entire lines taken from Dante and Petrarch . Believe Believe me reader , can fay more Than many a AND GENIUS OF POPE . 93.
... . + N ° 143 . * The Works of Cardinal Bembo , and of Casa , of Annibal Caro , and Taffo himself , are full of entire lines taken from Dante and Petrarch . Believe Believe me reader , can fay more Than many a AND GENIUS OF POPE . 93.
Page 133
... climate and country , than the incomparable Cervantes . There is a ftriking propriety in the madness of Don Quixote , not frequently * Iliad 23. Note I. taken 1 taken notice of ; for Thuanus informs us , AND GENIUS OF POPE . 133.
... climate and country , than the incomparable Cervantes . There is a ftriking propriety in the madness of Don Quixote , not frequently * Iliad 23. Note I. taken 1 taken notice of ; for Thuanus informs us , AND GENIUS OF POPE . 133.
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