An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... verfe , And lift'ning wolves grow milder as they hear t on account of the abfurdity , which Spenfer overlooked , of introducing wolves into England . But on this principle , which is certainly a just one , may it not be asked , why he ...
... verfe , And lift'ning wolves grow milder as they hear t on account of the abfurdity , which Spenfer overlooked , of introducing wolves into England . But on this principle , which is certainly a just one , may it not be asked , why he ...
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... verfe , which is now become indispensably neceffary ; and which has fo forcibly and univerfally in- fluenced the publick ear , as to have rendered every moderate rhymer melodious . POPE lengthened the abruptnefs of Waller , and at the ...
... verfe , which is now become indispensably neceffary ; and which has fo forcibly and univerfally in- fluenced the publick ear , as to have rendered every moderate rhymer melodious . POPE lengthened the abruptnefs of Waller , and at the ...
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... verfe 580. A view of the torrid zone in SUMMER , verfe 626. The rife of fountains and rivers in AUTUMN , verfe 781. A man perishing in the fnows , in WINTER , verse 277 , and the wolves defcending from the Alps , and and a view of ...
... verfe 580. A view of the torrid zone in SUMMER , verfe 626. The rife of fountains and rivers in AUTUMN , verfe 781. A man perishing in the fnows , in WINTER , verse 277 , and the wolves defcending from the Alps , and and a view of ...
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... verfe 694 , to give a minute and moving picture of the folitary life of that unfortunate hero ; and when afterwards at verse 855 , pain has totally exhausted the ftrength and spirits of Philoctetes , and it is neceffary for the plot of ...
... verfe 694 , to give a minute and moving picture of the folitary life of that unfortunate hero ; and when afterwards at verse 855 , pain has totally exhausted the ftrength and spirits of Philoctetes , and it is neceffary for the plot of ...
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... verfe intended to represent the whisper of the vernal breeze must surely be confeffed not much to excell in foftnefs or volubility ; and the fmooth ftream runs with a perpetual clash of jarring confonants . The noife and turbulence of ...
... verfe intended to represent the whisper of the vernal breeze must surely be confeffed not much to excell in foftnefs or volubility ; and the fmooth ftream runs with a perpetual clash of jarring confonants . The noife and turbulence of ...
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