An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... those who appear fuch out of fashion , and not of feeling . Swift's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular , than Akenside's noble ode to Lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Cha- racters of men and women , and your sprightly satires ...
... those who appear fuch out of fashion , and not of feeling . Swift's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular , than Akenside's noble ode to Lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Cha- racters of men and women , and your sprightly satires ...
Page ix
... those from guess . " What shall we say of this passage ? -- Why , that it is most excellent sense , but just as poetical as the " Qui fit " M¿cenas " of the author who recom- mends this method of trial . Take any ten lines of the Iliad ...
... those from guess . " What shall we say of this passage ? -- Why , that it is most excellent sense , but just as poetical as the " Qui fit " M¿cenas " of the author who recom- mends this method of trial . Take any ten lines of the Iliad ...
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... felt : and had no need to have recourse to those artificial assemblages of pleasing objects , which are not to be found in nature . he affigns as a reward to a B2 in AND GENIUS OF POPE . 3 gil, and Spenser, are indeed here exhibited ...
... felt : and had no need to have recourse to those artificial assemblages of pleasing objects , which are not to be found in nature . he affigns as a reward to a B2 in AND GENIUS OF POPE . 3 gil, and Spenser, are indeed here exhibited ...
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... those fair fields where sacred Isis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides . † Where were ye , nymphs , when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep Where ...
... those fair fields where sacred Isis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides . † Where were ye , nymphs , when the remorseless deep Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep Where ...
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... those kisses he receives , enjoy . † On three accounts the former image is pre- ferable to the latter : for the paftoral wild- ness , the delicacy , and the uncommonness of the thought . I cannot forbear adding , that the riddle of the ...
... those kisses he receives , enjoy . † On three accounts the former image is pre- ferable to the latter : for the paftoral wild- ness , the delicacy , and the uncommonness of the thought . I cannot forbear adding , that the riddle of the ...
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