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 , FAIR- FAX , BROOME , BUCKINGHAM , 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 ...
... thought , fhould be ranked . Such as PITT , SANDYS , FAIR- FAX , BROOME , BUCKINGHAM , 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 ...
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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 Pas- toral , invented in imitation of the Virgilian ænigmas in the third eclogue , favours of pun , and puerile conceit . * Αίθε γενοίμαν Α βομβευσα ...
... thought . I cannot forbear adding , that the riddle of the Royal Oak , in the first Pas- toral , invented in imitation of the Virgilian ænigmas in the third eclogue , favours of pun , and puerile conceit . * Αίθε γενοίμαν Α βομβευσα ...
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... thought capable : and in giving the first spe- cimen of that harmony in English verfe , which is now become indifpenfably neceffary ; and which has fo forcibly and univerfally in- fluenced the publick ear , as to have rendered every ...
... thought capable : and in giving the first spe- cimen of that harmony in English verfe , which is now become indifpenfably neceffary ; and which has fo forcibly and univerfally in- fluenced 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 instances ; but in none more ftrikingly than in the fol- lowing , 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 instances ; but in none more ftrikingly than in the fol- lowing , which magnificently ...
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