An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 50
... Addison , I have ever converfed with , were perfons of the best tempers . Dorfet poffeffed the rare secret of uniting energy with ease , in his striking compofitions . His verfes to Mr. Edward Howard , to Sir Thomas St. Serfe , his epi ...
... Addison , I have ever converfed with , were perfons of the best tempers . Dorfet poffeffed the rare secret of uniting energy with ease , in his striking compofitions . His verfes to Mr. Edward Howard , to Sir Thomas St. Serfe , his epi ...
Pagina 127
... ADDISON may be compared with the most finished touches of LA BRUYERE . But the Epiftles we are now entering upon will place the matter beyond a difpute ; for the French can boast of no author who has fo much exhaufted the fcience of ...
... ADDISON may be compared with the most finished touches of LA BRUYERE . But the Epiftles we are now entering upon will place the matter beyond a difpute ; for the French can boast of no author who has fo much exhaufted the fcience of ...
Pagina 203
... Addison * his treatise on medals , written in that pleafing form of compo- fition fo unsuccessfully attempted by many modern authors , DIALOGUE . In no one fpecies of writing have the ancients fo in- difputable a fuperiority over us ...
... Addison * his treatise on medals , written in that pleafing form of compo- fition fo unsuccessfully attempted by many modern authors , DIALOGUE . In no one fpecies of writing have the ancients fo in- difputable a fuperiority over us ...
Pagina 204
... ADDISON'S Treatife on Medals ; and the Minute Phi- lofopher of Bishop BERKLEY . " ALCI- PHRON did , indeed , well deferve to be mentioned on this occafion ; notwith- ftanding it has been treated with contempt by writers much inferior to ...
... ADDISON'S Treatife on Medals ; and the Minute Phi- lofopher of Bishop BERKLEY . " ALCI- PHRON did , indeed , well deferve to be mentioned on this occafion ; notwith- ftanding it has been treated with contempt by writers much inferior to ...
Pagina 205
... Addison * are writ- ten with that fweetness and purity of style , which conftitute him one of the first of our profe - writers . The Pleasures of Ima- gination , the Effay on the Georgics , and his laft papers in the Spectator and Guar ...
... Addison * are writ- ten with that fweetness and purity of style , which conftitute him one of the first of our profe - writers . The Pleasures of Ima- gination , the Effay on the Georgics , and his laft papers in the Spectator and Guar ...
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