An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 141
... stroke of art worthy admiration . The poet fuddenly stops the vein of ridicule with which he was flowing , and addreffes his friend in a most delicate compliment , concealed under the appearance of fatire . And you ! brave Cobham , to ...
... stroke of art worthy admiration . The poet fuddenly stops the vein of ridicule with which he was flowing , and addreffes his friend in a most delicate compliment , concealed under the appearance of fatire . And you ! brave Cobham , to ...
Pagina 142
... strokes of humour , carried even to the borders of ex- travagance , as that in the second line , here quoted . The female foibles have been the fubject of perhaps more wit , in every lan- guage , than any other topic that can be Epift ...
... strokes of humour , carried even to the borders of ex- travagance , as that in the second line , here quoted . The female foibles have been the fubject of perhaps more wit , in every lan- guage , than any other topic that can be Epift ...
Pagina 144
... stroke of this fort in Young's Satires on Women . I wish the delicacy and refervedness of four or five Ladies now living , who have real learning and tafte , would permit me to infert their names in this place , as a contrast to this ...
... stroke of this fort in Young's Satires on Women . I wish the delicacy and refervedness of four or five Ladies now living , who have real learning and tafte , would permit me to infert their names in this place , as a contrast to this ...
Pagina 159
... strokes of irony and humour in the best parts of Ho- race , Juvenal , or Boileau . His Grace will game ; to White's a bull be led , * With spurning heels , and with a butting head . To White's be carry'd , as to ancient † games , Fair ...
... strokes of irony and humour in the best parts of Ho- race , Juvenal , or Boileau . His Grace will game ; to White's a bull be led , * With spurning heels , and with a butting head . To White's be carry'd , as to ancient † games , Fair ...
Pagina 168
... strokes of nature , with which Virgil has described the prognoftics of the weather in his first Georgic , let us only confider with what energy he has enumerated and particularized the geftures and attitudes of his dying Dido . No five ...
... strokes of nature , with which Virgil has described the prognoftics of the weather in his first Georgic , let us only confider with what energy he has enumerated and particularized the geftures and attitudes of his dying Dido . No five ...
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