An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... observed in general , that def- cription. * In this light also his poem on the Ruins of Rome deserves a perufal . Dodsley's Miscell . Vol . 1. Pag . 78 . Іт * Milton's Miscellaneous Poems , vol . 2. pag . 36 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... observed in general , that def- cription. * In this light also his poem on the Ruins of Rome deserves a perufal . Dodsley's Miscell . Vol . 1. Pag . 78 . Іт * Milton's Miscellaneous Poems , vol . 2. pag . 36 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... Milton's most early , as well as most exquifite pieces , are his Lycidas , L'Allegro , and Il Penserofo ; if we may except his Ode on the Nativity of Christ , which is indeed prior in the order of time , and in which a penetrating ...
... Milton's most early , as well as most exquifite pieces , are his Lycidas , L'Allegro , and Il Penserofo ; if we may except his Ode on the Nativity of Christ , which is indeed prior in the order of time , and in which a penetrating ...
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... Milton's miscellaneous poems has not till very lately met with fuitable regard . Shall I offend any rational admirer of POPE by remarking , that these juvenile descriptive poems of Milton , as well as his latin elegies , are of a strain ...
... Milton's miscellaneous poems has not till very lately met with fuitable regard . Shall I offend any rational admirer of POPE by remarking , that these juvenile descriptive poems of Milton , as well as his latin elegies , are of a strain ...
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... talents for 1 this species of compofition . Let the reader therefore pardon. * Milton's Miscellaneous Poems , vol . 2. pag . 19 . * Ver . 1000 . this AND GENIUS OF POPE . 41 And afterwards observes, in a very epigram- ...
... talents for 1 this species of compofition . Let the reader therefore pardon. * Milton's Miscellaneous Poems , vol . 2. pag . 19 . * Ver . 1000 . this AND GENIUS OF POPE . 41 And afterwards observes, in a very epigram- ...
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... Milton , being of that awful , and 1 د folemn , and pensive kind , on which a great. Rivers , page 4. The Morning , page 12. The House of Care , from Spenser , page 16. The Mahometan paradise , page 32. The Trees of different foils ...
... Milton , being of that awful , and 1 د folemn , and pensive kind , on which a great. Rivers , page 4. The Morning , page 12. The House of Care , from Spenser , page 16. The Mahometan paradise , page 32. The Trees of different foils ...
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