An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... thought , fhould be ranked . Such as PITT , SANDYS , FAIRFAX , BROOME , BUCKINGHAM , LANSIn which of these claffes POPE deferves to be placed , the following work is intended to determine . DOWN . I am , DEAR SIR , Your affectionate And ...
... thought , fhould be ranked . Such as PITT , SANDYS , FAIRFAX , BROOME , BUCKINGHAM , LANSIn which of these claffes POPE deferves to be placed , the following work is intended to determine . DOWN . I am , DEAR SIR , Your affectionate And ...
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... thought , that it would be no unpleafing amusement , or uninstructive employment to examine at large , without blind panegyric , or petulant invective , the writings of this English Claffic , in the order in which they are arranged in ...
... thought , that it would be no unpleafing amusement , or uninstructive employment to examine at large , without blind panegyric , or petulant invective , the writings of this English Claffic , in the order in which they are arranged in ...
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... thought . I cannot forbear adding , that the riddle of the Royal Oak , in the first Pastoral , invented in imitation of the Virgilian ¿nigmas in the third eclogue , favours of pun , and puerile conceit . Αίθε γενοίμαν A Αβομβευσα ...
... thought . I cannot forbear adding , that the riddle of the Royal Oak , in the first Pastoral , invented in imitation of the Virgilian ¿nigmas in the third eclogue , favours of pun , and puerile conceit . Αίθε γενοίμαν A Αβομβευσα ...
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... thought capable : and in giving the first specimen of that harmony in English verse , which is now become indispensably neceffary ; and which has fo forcibly and univerfally influenced the publick ear , as to have rendered every ...
... thought capable : and in giving the first specimen of that harmony in English verse , which is now become indispensably neceffary ; and which has fo forcibly and univerfally influenced the publick ear , as to have rendered every ...
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... thought ftrange , that he who could fo judiciously explain , could as poetically express , the ideas of Isaiah : the latter he has performed in many inftances ; but in none more ftrikingly than in the following , which magnificently ...
... thought ftrange , that he who could fo judiciously explain , could as poetically express , the ideas of Isaiah : the latter he has performed in many inftances ; but in none more ftrikingly than in the following , which magnificently ...
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