An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 17
... prefent at the lifts and a modern combat , is overwhelmed and obliterated amidst the blaze , the pomp , and the profufion of fuch animated poetry . Frigid and phlegmatic must be the critic , who could have leifure dully and foberly to ...
... prefent at the lifts and a modern combat , is overwhelmed and obliterated amidst the blaze , the pomp , and the profufion of fuch animated poetry . Frigid and phlegmatic must be the critic , who could have leifure dully and foberly to ...
Pagina 30
... prefent edition , I shall speak no more of it . THE Imitation of Spenfer is the fecond ; it is a defcription of an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his ...
... prefent edition , I shall speak no more of it . THE Imitation of Spenfer is the fecond ; it is a defcription of an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his ...
Pagina 42
... prefent occafion is to be preferred to tenderness ; the babe in her eye is faid to resemble Phaeton fo much , That heav'n the threat'ned world to fpare , Thought fit to drown him in her tears : Elfe might th ' ambitious nymph aspire ...
... prefent occafion is to be preferred to tenderness ; the babe in her eye is faid to resemble Phaeton fo much , That heav'n the threat'ned world to fpare , Thought fit to drown him in her tears : Elfe might th ' ambitious nymph aspire ...
Pagina 46
... prefent , but ftill he retained a fincere affection for Leonora . His death was occafioned by a fingular accident * ; he * There is fomething remarkable in the circumstances that occafioned the deaths of three others of our poets ...
... prefent , but ftill he retained a fincere affection for Leonora . His death was occafioned by a fingular accident * ; he * There is fomething remarkable in the circumstances that occafioned the deaths of three others of our poets ...
Pagina 57
... prefent , which treat of things , not men ; which deliver doctrines , not difplay events . Of this fort is didactic and defcriptive poetry . Accordingly the moderns have produced many excellent pieces of this kind . We We may mention ...
... prefent , which treat of things , not men ; which deliver doctrines , not difplay events . Of this fort is didactic and defcriptive poetry . Accordingly the moderns have produced many excellent pieces of this kind . We We may mention ...
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