An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 16
... seem'd to thaw the freezing air . A strait long entry to the temple led , Blind with high walls and horror over - head : Thence issued such a blast and hollow roar , As threaten'd from the hinge to heave the door ; In through the door a ...
... seem'd to thaw the freezing air . A strait long entry to the temple led , Blind with high walls and horror over - head : Thence issued such a blast and hollow roar , As threaten'd from the hinge to heave the door ; In through the door a ...
Pagina 18
Joseph Warton. For bending o'er the cup , the tears she shed Seem'd by the posture to discharge her head , O'erfill'd before ; and oft ( her mouth apply'd To the cold heart ) she kiss'd at once and cry'd . There is an incomparable ...
Joseph Warton. For bending o'er the cup , the tears she shed Seem'd by the posture to discharge her head , O'erfill'd before ; and oft ( her mouth apply'd To the cold heart ) she kiss'd at once and cry'd . There is an incomparable ...
Pagina 20
Joseph Warton. rivalled of his compositions . By that strange fatality which seems to disqualify authors from judging of their own works , he does not appear to have valued this piece , because he totally omits it in the enume- ration ...
Joseph Warton. rivalled of his compositions . By that strange fatality which seems to disqualify authors from judging of their own works , he does not appear to have valued this piece , because he totally omits it in the enume- ration ...
Pagina 23
... seem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were easily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence of numbers ; the noisy roughness of which , may be par ...
... seem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were easily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence of numbers ; the noisy roughness of which , may be par ...
Pagina 31
... seems to be more awake and alive to all the softnesses of nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an assemblage of disgusting and difagreeable sounds , in the following stanza of POPE , which one is almost tempted to ...
... seems to be more awake and alive to all the softnesses of nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an assemblage of disgusting and difagreeable sounds , in the following stanza of POPE , which one is almost tempted to ...
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