An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 8
... was indifputably a Genius , but his tafte was perverted and narrowed by a love of witticifms . of of Cowley . Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good 2 8 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned ...
... was indifputably a Genius , but his tafte was perverted and narrowed by a love of witticifms . of of Cowley . Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good 2 8 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned ...
Pagina 31
... tafte , that cafts a delicacy and grace over all his compofitions . To imitate Spenfer on a fubject that does not partake of the pathos , is not giving a true reprefentation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the ...
... tafte , that cafts a delicacy and grace over all his compofitions . To imitate Spenfer on a fubject that does not partake of the pathos , is not giving a true reprefentation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the ...
Pagina 33
... tafte and judgment . Homer copied true natural manners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will always form an agreeable and pleafing picture ; but the pencil of the English poet was employed in drawing the affectations , and ...
... tafte and judgment . Homer copied true natural manners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will always form an agreeable and pleafing picture ; but the pencil of the English poet was employed in drawing the affectations , and ...
Pagina 42
... tafte falfe and unclaffical , even though he had much learning . In his latin compofitions , his fix books on plants , where the fubject might have led him to a contrary practice , he imitates Martial rather than Virgil , and has given ...
... tafte falfe and unclaffical , even though he had much learning . In his latin compofitions , his fix books on plants , where the fubject might have led him to a contrary practice , he imitates Martial rather than Virgil , and has given ...
Pagina 84
... tafte for thefe ftudies . The only fault lies , in letting any of those inferior tastes , engross the whole man to the exclufion of the nobler pursuits of virtue and humanity * . " We We may here apply an elegant obfervation of Tully ...
... tafte for thefe ftudies . The only fault lies , in letting any of those inferior tastes , engross the whole man to the exclufion of the nobler pursuits of virtue and humanity * . " We We may here apply an elegant obfervation of Tully ...
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