An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... natural strokes , with such quaintness in his reflections , and such a dryness and archness of humour , as cannot fail to excite laugh- ter . Our Prior has happily caught his man- ner , in many of his lighter tales ; parti- * It is to ...
... natural strokes , with such quaintness in his reflections , and such a dryness and archness of humour , as cannot fail to excite laugh- ter . Our Prior has happily caught his man- ner , in many of his lighter tales ; parti- * It is to ...
Pagina 15
... nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tremendous idea . * These passages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for ...
... nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tremendous idea . * These passages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for ...
Pagina 19
... nature is thus faid to sympathize at the second appearance of - The felon on his fable steed Arm'd with his naked sword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runs The fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the ...
... nature is thus faid to sympathize at the second appearance of - The felon on his fable steed Arm'd with his naked sword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runs The fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the ...
Pagina 22
... nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and spirit ; but his images are gi- gantic and outrageous , and ... natural . They are perpetually grasping at the vast , the wonderful , and the terrible . “ Καν έκαςον αυτων ...
... nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and spirit ; but his images are gi- gantic and outrageous , and ... natural . They are perpetually grasping at the vast , the wonderful , and the terrible . “ Καν έκαςον αυτων ...
Pagina 31
... nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an assemblage of disgusting and difagreeable sounds , in the following stanza of POPE , which one is almost tempted to think , if it were possible , had been contrived as a ...
... nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an assemblage of disgusting and difagreeable sounds , in the following stanza of POPE , which one is almost tempted to think , if it were possible , had been contrived as a ...
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