An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 18
... represents the furious spectre of " the horseman ghost that came thundering for his prey , " and of the gaunt mastiffs that tore the fides of the shrieking damsel he pursued ; which is a subject worthy the pencil of Spagnoletti , as it ...
... represents the furious spectre of " the horseman ghost that came thundering for his prey , " and of the gaunt mastiffs that tore the fides of the shrieking damsel he pursued ; which is a subject worthy the pencil of Spagnoletti , as it ...
Pagina 19
... represented more feelingly . All 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 ...
... represented more feelingly . All 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 ...
Pagina 53
... represents her as a forceress or jugler who could convey away bread , and perform acts of conjuration with dead bodies : This is precisely the Lord Peter of Swift , who presents a piece of bread to his two bro- thers , and says to them ...
... represents her as a forceress or jugler who could convey away bread , and perform acts of conjuration with dead bodies : This is precisely the Lord Peter of Swift , who presents a piece of bread to his two bro- thers , and says to them ...
Pagina 138
... represented by Voltaire in the age of Louis XIV . 11. Lucullus , when frugality could charm , Had roafted turnips in the Sabin farm † , FEW writers of his country have dif- played a greater energy of sentiment than Crebillon ; in his ...
... represented by Voltaire in the age of Louis XIV . 11. Lucullus , when frugality could charm , Had roafted turnips in the Sabin farm † , FEW writers of his country have dif- played a greater energy of sentiment than Crebillon ; in his ...
Pagina 146
... represented as content merely and only to dwell in decencies , and fatisfied to avoid giving offence ; and is one of those many infignificant and useless beings , ... : 1 Who want , as thro ' blank life they dream along , Sense to be ...
... represented as content merely and only to dwell in decencies , and fatisfied to avoid giving offence ; and is one of those many infignificant and useless beings , ... : 1 Who want , as thro ' blank life they dream along , Sense to be ...
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