An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 14
Page 2
... Italians , Poggio , Bandello , Cinthio , Firenzuola , Malespini , and others . * Machiavel him- self did honour to this ... Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel , that he teaches what men usually do , not what they ought to do ...
... Italians , Poggio , Bandello , Cinthio , Firenzuola , Malespini , and others . * Machiavel him- self did honour to this ... Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel , that he teaches what men usually do , not what they ought to do ...
Page 207
... Italy are introduced difcuffing the feveral different topics before them . 37. Huge theatres , that now unpeopled woods * is not so poetical as what ADDISON lays of an amphitheatre , That on its public fnews unpeopled Rome , And held ...
... Italy are introduced difcuffing the feveral different topics before them . 37. Huge theatres , that now unpeopled woods * is not so poetical as what ADDISON lays of an amphitheatre , That on its public fnews unpeopled Rome , And held ...
Page 348
... Italy , among the moderns , that we owed our true taste in poetry . Spencer and Milton imitated the Italians , and not the French . And if he had correctness in his view , let us remember , that in point of regularity and correctness ...
... Italy , among the moderns , that we owed our true taste in poetry . Spencer and Milton imitated the Italians , and not the French . And if he had correctness in his view , let us remember , that in point of regularity and correctness ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
added admirable affected alfo ancient appears beauty becauſe Boileau called character Corneille critic death Dryden Effay elegant epiftle equal excellent faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fhould firſt fome force French fubject fuch genius give given himſelf Horace images imitation Italy king laft late learned letter lines lively Lord manner mean mentioned Milton mind moral moſt nature never obferved occafion opinion original paffage paffion particularly perfon perhaps piece poem poet poetry POPE reader reaſoning remarkable ridicule SCENA Swift thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation true turn uſed verfe verſe whofe whole writer written wrote