An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... poffibly be urged , that in describing the dreadful inhabitants of the portal of hell , Virgil has not always used * Ver . 407 . + Ver . 411. et feq . fuch fuch adjuncts and epithets as a painter or statuary might 28 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... poffibly be urged , that in describing the dreadful inhabitants of the portal of hell , Virgil has not always used * Ver . 407 . + Ver . 411. et feq . fuch fuch adjuncts and epithets as a painter or statuary might 28 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
Page 42
... images , without proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion , in which they were formerly used . Though the diction of the the SEASONS is fometimes harsh and inharmonious , and fometimes 42 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... images , without proper regard to the age , or climate , or occafion , in which they were formerly used . Though the diction of the the SEASONS is fometimes harsh and inharmonious , and fometimes 42 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
Page 52
... used to declare , that if Mr. Dryden had finished a translation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after so great a master ; he might have said with more propriety , I will not write a mufic - ode after Alexander's Feast ...
... used to declare , that if Mr. Dryden had finished a translation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after so great a master ; he might have said with more propriety , I will not write a mufic - ode after Alexander's Feast ...
Page 111
... used to say , " My Tragedy is finished . " INow propose to make some obfervations on , and illustrations of fuch paffages and precepts in this ESSAY , as , on account of their utility , novelty , or elegance , deferve particular ...
... used to say , " My Tragedy is finished . " INow propose to make some obfervations on , and illustrations of fuch paffages and precepts in this ESSAY , as , on account of their utility , novelty , or elegance , deferve particular ...
Page 117
... used , and of the method of preserving it unmixed with other idea , and not continuing it too far . present to us those tombs to which we are approaching ; where though the brass and marble remain , yet the infcriptions are effaced by ...
... used , and of the method of preserving it unmixed with other idea , and not continuing it too far . present to us those tombs to which we are approaching ; where though the brass and marble remain , yet the infcriptions are effaced by ...
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