An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 9
... this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impressions which his works have had in so many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9.
... this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impressions which his works have had in so many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9.
Pagina 10
... omitted a stroke of humour ; for in the original , she naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome : the lines must be tranfcribed . * Ver . 359 . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... omitted a stroke of humour ; for in the original , she naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome : the lines must be tranfcribed . * Ver . 359 . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Pagina 12
... must beg leave to select a few passages 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 , said a man of wit , had no other consequence ...
... must beg leave to select a few passages 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 , said a man of wit , had no other consequence ...
Pagina 14
... must I omit that affecting image in Spenser , who ever excels in the pathetic , And him besides there lay upon the grass A dreary corse , whose life away did pass , All wallow'd in his own , yet lukewarm , blood , That from his wound ...
... must I omit that affecting image in Spenser , who ever excels in the pathetic , And him besides there lay upon the grass A dreary corse , whose life away did pass , All wallow'd in his own , yet lukewarm , blood , That from his wound ...
Pagina 17
... must be the critic , who could have leisure dully and soberly to attend to the anachronism on so striking an occafion . The mind is whirled away by a torrent of rapid imagery , and pro- priety is forgot . THE tale of Sigismonda and ...
... must be the critic , who could have leisure dully and soberly to attend to the anachronism on so striking an occafion . The mind is whirled away by a torrent of rapid imagery , and pro- priety is forgot . THE tale of Sigismonda and ...
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