An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 7
... paffages . Chaucer afforded him many fubjects of a more ferious and fublime fpecies ; and it were to be wifhed , POPE had exercised his pencil on the pathetic ftory of the patience of Grifilda , or Troilus and Creffida , or the ...
... paffages . Chaucer afforded him many fubjects of a more ferious and fublime fpecies ; and it were to be wifhed , POPE had exercised his pencil on the pathetic ftory of the patience of Grifilda , or Troilus and Creffida , or the ...
Pagina 8
... paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the criticism , but because it contains a cenfure Cowley is faid to have defpifed Chaucer . I am not furprized at this ftrange judgment Cowley was indif- putably a Genius ...
... paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the criticism , but because it contains a cenfure Cowley is faid to have defpifed Chaucer . I am not furprized at this ftrange judgment Cowley was indif- putably a Genius ...
Pagina 10
... paffage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer . The jocofe old woman says , that her husband frequently read to her out of a volume that contained , Valerius whole : and ...
... paffage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer . The jocofe old woman says , that her husband frequently read to her out of a volume that contained , Valerius whole : and ...
Pagina 12
... paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat- * The falling off of his hair , faid a man of wit , had no other confequence , than to make his laurels to ...
... paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat- * The falling off of his hair , faid a man of wit , had no other confequence , than to make his laurels to ...
Pagina 14
... paffage for the gushing flood * . When Palamon perceived his rival had escaped , He ftares , he stamps the ground ; The hollow tow'r with clamour rings around : With briny tears he bath'd his fetter'd feet , And dropp'd all o'er with ...
... paffage for the gushing flood * . When Palamon perceived his rival had escaped , He ftares , he stamps the ground ; The hollow tow'r with clamour rings around : With briny tears he bath'd his fetter'd feet , And dropp'd all o'er with ...
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