An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 3
... fuch a critical feafon by their favourite knights . Some faint tra- ditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and alive during the whole barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but thefe have been ...
... fuch a critical feafon by their favourite knights . Some faint tra- ditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and alive during the whole barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but thefe have been ...
Pagina 5
... fuch quaintness in his reflections , and fuch a drynefs and archness of humour , as cannot fail to excite laugh- ter . OUR Prior has happily caught his man- ner , in many of his lighter tales ; parti- It is to be lamented that Fontaine ...
... fuch quaintness in his reflections , and fuch a drynefs and archness of humour , as cannot fail to excite laugh- ter . OUR Prior has happily caught his man- ner , in many of his lighter tales ; parti- It is to be lamented that Fontaine ...
Pagina 15
... rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a character . In a word , fo much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry ! The The frame of burnish'd steel that cast a glare From AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 15.
... rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a character . In a word , fo much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry ! The The frame of burnish'd steel that cast a glare From AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 15.
Pagina 17
... fuch as Thefeus and Lycurgus , prefent at the lifts and a modern combat , is overwhelmed and obli- terated amidst the blaze , the pomp , and the profufion of fuch animated poetry . Frigid and phlegmatic must be the critic , who could ...
... fuch as Thefeus and Lycurgus , prefent at the lifts and a modern combat , is overwhelmed and obli- terated amidst the blaze , the pomp , and the profufion of fuch animated poetry . Frigid and phlegmatic must be the critic , who could ...
Pagina 42
... fuch integrity of manners , and such a sweetness of temper . fancy was brilliant , ftrong , and fprightly ; but his tafte falfe and unclaffical , even though he had much learning . In his latin compofitions , his fix books on plants ...
... fuch integrity of manners , and such a sweetness of temper . fancy was brilliant , ftrong , and fprightly ; but his tafte falfe and unclaffical , even though he had much learning . In his latin compofitions , his fix books on plants ...
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