“The” Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 1. köideFredrick Nicolai, 1762 |
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Page xxiv
... , no more appear , And fhepherds only fay , The mines were here : Should fome rich youth ( if nature warm his heart , And all his projects ftand inform'd with art ) 60 Here clear the caves , there ope the leading vein XXIV.
... , no more appear , And fhepherds only fay , The mines were here : Should fome rich youth ( if nature warm his heart , And all his projects ftand inform'd with art ) 60 Here clear the caves , there ope the leading vein XXIV.
Page 69
... should be an echo to the fenfe . The graces it adds to the harmony are obvious . But we should never have feen all the advantages arising from this ru- le , had this ode not been written . In which , one may venture to fay , is found ...
... should be an echo to the fenfe . The graces it adds to the harmony are obvious . But we should never have feen all the advantages arising from this ru- le , had this ode not been written . In which , one may venture to fay , is found ...
Page 112
... should have ftrength without the ap pearance of the it , in order to excite admiration . But to a judicious eye it would have a contrary effect , the Appearance ( as our poet expreffes it ) of a monstrous height or breadth , or length ...
... should have ftrength without the ap pearance of the it , in order to excite admiration . But to a judicious eye it would have a contrary effect , the Appearance ( as our poet expreffes it ) of a monstrous height or breadth , or length ...
Page 116
... should be extended to the whole ; but he fikewife judges falfely of that part . And this , as the other , is unavoidable , the parts in the manner bearing the fame close rela tion to the whole , that the parts in the matter do ; to ...
... should be extended to the whole ; but he fikewife judges falfely of that part . And this , as the other , is unavoidable , the parts in the manner bearing the fame close rela tion to the whole , that the parts in the matter do ; to ...
Page 136
... author has omitted two lines which tood as containing a National Reflection , which in his stricter judgment he could not but difapprove on any People whatever . • 1 550 Left God himself should feeur too , abfolute 136 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... author has omitted two lines which tood as containing a National Reflection , which in his stricter judgment he could not but difapprove on any People whatever . • 1 550 Left God himself should feeur too , abfolute 136 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
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