An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page iv
... these characters is the most valuable and useful , is entirely out of the queftion all I plead for , is , to have their feveral provinces kept diftinct from each other ; and to imprefs on the reader , that a clear head , and acute ...
... these characters is the most valuable and useful , is entirely out of the queftion all I plead for , is , to have their feveral provinces kept diftinct from each other ; and to imprefs on the reader , that a clear head , and acute ...
Page vi
... these fuppofed admirers , those who appear fuch out of fashion , and not of feeling . Swift's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular , than Akenfide's noble ode to Lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and ...
... these fuppofed admirers , those who appear fuch out of fashion , and not of feeling . Swift's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular , than Akenfide's noble ode to Lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and ...
Page xi
... these are DRYDEN , DONNE , DENHAM , COWLEY , CONGREVE . In the third clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant tafte , and fome fancy in describing familiar Here may be numbered , PRIOR , life . WALLER , " WALLER , PARNELL , SWIFT ...
... these are DRYDEN , DONNE , DENHAM , COWLEY , CONGREVE . In the third clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant tafte , and fome fancy in describing familiar Here may be numbered , PRIOR , life . WALLER , " WALLER , PARNELL , SWIFT ...
Page xii
... which of these claffes POPE deferves to be placed , the following work is intended to determine . DOWN . I am , DEAR SIR , Your affectionate And faithful fervant . ΑΝ ESSAY ΟΝ THE WRITINGS and GENIUS O F POP xii DEDICATION .
... which of these claffes POPE deferves to be placed , the following work is intended to determine . DOWN . I am , DEAR SIR , Your affectionate And faithful fervant . ΑΝ ESSAY ΟΝ THE WRITINGS and GENIUS O F POP xii DEDICATION .
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... these laft - mentioned critics have remarked the circumftance that gave origin to the opinion that any golden age was intended . Theocritus , the father and the model of this enchanting fpecies of compofition , lived and wrote in Sicily ...
... these laft - mentioned critics have remarked the circumftance that gave origin to the opinion that any golden age was intended . Theocritus , the father and the model of this enchanting fpecies of compofition , lived and wrote in Sicily ...
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