An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 8 pagina's |
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Pagina ii
... observations on human life , ex- pressed with the utmost elegance and brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that the EPISTLES of Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHARACTERS of La Bruyere in in PROSE ; and that it ...
... observations on human life , ex- pressed with the utmost elegance and brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that the EPISTLES of Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHARACTERS of La Bruyere in in PROSE ; and that it ...
Pagina 29
... I must do a pleasing English poet the justice to observe , that it is this particular art that * Iliad . B. 16. in the notes : Ver . 465 . that is the very distinguishing excellence of COOPER'S - HILL AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 29.
... I must do a pleasing English poet the justice to observe , that it is this particular art that * Iliad . B. 16. in the notes : Ver . 465 . that is the very distinguishing excellence of COOPER'S - HILL AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 29.
Pagina 35
... observed in general , that descrip- tion of the external beauties of nature , is usually the first effort of a young genius , before he hath studied manners and passions . Some of Milton's most early , as well as most exquisite pieces ...
... observed in general , that descrip- tion of the external beauties of nature , is usually the first effort of a young genius , before he hath studied manners and passions . Some of Milton's most early , as well as most exquisite pieces ...
Pagina 40
... observations : his descriptions have , therefore , a distinctness and truth , which are utterly wanting to those of poets who have only copied from each other , and have never looked abroad on the objects themselves . Thomson was ...
... observations : his descriptions have , therefore , a distinctness and truth , which are utterly wanting to those of poets who have only copied from each other , and have never looked abroad on the objects themselves . Thomson was ...
Pagina 47
... frigoris aura Vivida , et insinuans mulcet amænus odor . Pallentes sparsim accrescunt per pascua fungi , Lætius et torti graminis herba viret . Plurimus These observations on Thomson , which , how ever , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 47.
... frigoris aura Vivida , et insinuans mulcet amænus odor . Pallentes sparsim accrescunt per pascua fungi , Lætius et torti graminis herba viret . Plurimus These observations on Thomson , which , how ever , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 47.
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