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 rea- der , 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 rea- der , that a clear head , and acute ...
Page vi
... these fup- posed admirers , those who appear such 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 Cha- racters of men and women ...
... these fup- posed admirers , those who appear such 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 Cha- racters of men and women ...
Page xi
... these are DRYDEN , DONNE , DENHAM , COWLey , CONGREVE . In the third clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant taste , and fome fancy in defcribing familiar life . Here may be numbered , PRIOR , WALLER , WALLER , PARNELL , SWIFT ...
... these are DRYDEN , DONNE , DENHAM , COWLey , CONGREVE . In the third clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant taste , and fome fancy in defcribing familiar life . Here may be numbered , PRIOR , WALLER , WALLER , PARNELL , SWIFT ...
Page xii
... Lans- In which of these claffes POPE DOWN . deferves to be placed , the following work is intended to determine . I am , DEAR SIR , Your affectionate And faithful fervant . A N ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS and GENIUS O F xii DEDICATION .
... Lans- In which of these claffes POPE DOWN . deferves to be placed , the following work is intended to determine . I am , DEAR SIR , Your affectionate And faithful fervant . A N ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS and GENIUS O F xii DEDICATION .
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... these laft - mentioned cri- tics 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 species of compofition , lived and wrote in ...
... these laft - mentioned cri- tics 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 species of compofition , lived and wrote in ...
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