An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... vouloir tout peindre ; d ' émouvoir , fans vouloir toujours exciter les paffions . " † Cant . iii . ver . 92 . Oeuvres , tom . iii . pag . 332 , 22. Some 22. Some by old words to fame have made pretence 148 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... vouloir tout peindre ; d ' émouvoir , fans vouloir toujours exciter les paffions . " † Cant . iii . ver . 92 . Oeuvres , tom . iii . pag . 332 , 22. Some 22. Some by old words to fame have made pretence 148 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... cant of the French cri- tics , and of their advocates and pupils , that the English writers are generally INCORRECT . If CORRECTNESS implies an abfence of petty faults , this perhaps may be granted . If it means , that because their ...
... cant of the French cri- tics , and of their advocates and pupils , that the English writers are generally INCORRECT . If CORRECTNESS implies an abfence of petty faults , this perhaps may be granted . If it means , that because their ...
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... Cant . I. + Chant . 2 . Boileau fays admirably of his phifician , Chant . 4. Art . Poet . Le rhume a fon aspect fe change en pleurifie ; Et par lui la migraine eft bientôt phrenefie . F f And on this barren beach , in discontent Am doom ...
... Cant . I. + Chant . 2 . Boileau fays admirably of his phifician , Chant . 4. Art . Poet . Le rhume a fon aspect fe change en pleurifie ; Et par lui la migraine eft bientôt phrenefie . F f And on this barren beach , in discontent Am doom ...
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... Cant . 6. ' + Cant . 4 . occafioned occafioned by a little piece of gallantry of Lord Petre 218 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... Cant . 6. ' + Cant . 4 . occafioned occafioned by a little piece of gallantry of Lord Petre 218 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... Cant . 1. ver . 27. to ver . 119 . + These images have been lately expreffed in Latin , with much purity and elegance ; and deferve to be here inferted . Mortua lafcivum refoluta liquefcit in ignem , Aut abit in molles fingula nympha ...
... Cant . 1. ver . 27. to ver . 119 . + These images have been lately expreffed in Latin , with much purity and elegance ; and deferve to be here inferted . Mortua lafcivum refoluta liquefcit in ignem , Aut abit in molles fingula nympha ...
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