An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 1
... Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this species of compo- sition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and delivered them in VOL . II . B the the purest stile , enlivened with interesting circumstances . Sacchetti.
... Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this species of compo- sition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and delivered them in VOL . II . B the the purest stile , enlivened with interesting circumstances . Sacchetti.
Pagina 2
... species of writing , by his Belphegor . To produce , and carry on with proba- bility and decorum , a series of events , is the most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the po- pular stories of every nation ...
... species of writing , by his Belphegor . To produce , and carry on with proba- bility and decorum , a series of events , is the most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the po- pular stories of every nation ...
Pagina 4
... species of composition ; as the plots of our 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 story of JANUARY and MAY now before us ...
... species of composition ; as the plots of our 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 story of JANUARY and MAY now before us ...
Pagina 7
... species ; and it were to be wished , POPE had exercised his pencil on the pathetic story of the patience of Grifilda , or Troilus and Creffida , or the complaint of the black knight ; or , above all , on Cambuscan and Canace . From the ...
... species ; and it were to be wished , POPE had exercised his pencil on the pathetic story of the patience of Grifilda , or Troilus and Creffida , or the complaint of the black knight ; or , above all , on Cambuscan and Canace . From the ...
Pagina 24
... so fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never pro- duced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can shew two 24 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... so fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never pro- duced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can shew two 24 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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