An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the po- pular ftories of every nation , we fhould be amazed to find how few circumstances have * Machiavel , who poffeffed the livelieft wit with the pro- foundest ...
... most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the po- pular ftories of every nation , we fhould be amazed to find how few circumstances have * Machiavel , who poffeffed the livelieft wit with the pro- foundest ...
Pagina 4
... most ap- plauded plays , both in tragedy and comedy , may witness , which have generally been taken from the novels of the Italians and Spaniards . THE ftory of JANUARY and MAY now before us , is of the comic kind , and the character of ...
... most ap- plauded plays , both in tragedy and comedy , may witness , which have generally been taken from the novels of the Italians and Spaniards . THE ftory of JANUARY and MAY now before us , is of the comic kind , and the character of ...
Pagina 8
... most numerous and fweet , the most mellow and generous , of any our language has yet produced . His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honest Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a ...
... most numerous and fweet , the most mellow and generous , of any our language has yet produced . His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honest Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a ...
Pagina 19
... power of mufic , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most un- rivalled C 2 rivalled of his compofitions . By that ftrange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19 and I place them laft, as I think them ...
... power of mufic , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most un- rivalled C 2 rivalled of his compofitions . By that ftrange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19 and I place them laft, as I think them ...
Pagina 26
... is more temperate . See verfe 433 down to verfe 472 , of the fame most en- chanting tragedy . chufe chuse rather to account for Ovid's falling into fo blameable 26 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS . OVID is also another writer of a bad ...
... is more temperate . See verfe 433 down to verfe 472 , of the fame most en- chanting tragedy . chufe chuse rather to account for Ovid's falling into fo blameable 26 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS . OVID is also another writer of a bad ...
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