An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Pagina 21
... true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to POPE , by POPE to Mr. Gilbert Weft , by him to the ingenious friend who communicated it to me * . The rapidity , and yet the perfpicuity of the thoughts , the glow and the ...
... true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to POPE , by POPE to Mr. Gilbert Weft , by him to the ingenious friend who communicated it to me * . The rapidity , and yet the perfpicuity of the thoughts , the glow and the ...
Pagina 22
... true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and fpirit ; but his images are gi- gantic and outrageous , and his fentiments tortured and hyperbolical . It can hardly , I ...
... true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and fpirit ; but his images are gi- gantic and outrageous , and his fentiments tortured and hyperbolical . It can hardly , I ...
Pagina 23
... true taste in poetry , among the Romans . From the time of Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and forty- feven years ; and if I might venture to pro- nounce fo rigorous a fentence , I would fay , that ...
... true taste in poetry , among the Romans . From the time of Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and forty- feven years ; and if I might venture to pro- nounce fo rigorous a fentence , I would fay , that ...
Pagina 31
... true representation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the foftneffes of nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an affemblage of disgusting and disagreeable founds , in the following ftanza of ...
... true representation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the foftneffes of nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an affemblage of disgusting and disagreeable founds , in the following ftanza of ...
Pagina 33
... true natural man- ners , 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 conceits , and fopperies of ...
... true natural man- ners , 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 conceits , and fopperies of ...
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