An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756-1782)Garland Pub., 1974 - Verse satire, English |
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Page 136
... force and expreffive nefs ; the contradictions that were in it • Ver . 205 . + Compare it with that of Zimri , the Duke of Buck- ingham , in Abfalom and Achitopel : in which Dryden has excelled our author . at are are ftrongly ...
... force and expreffive nefs ; the contradictions that were in it • Ver . 205 . + Compare it with that of Zimri , the Duke of Buck- ingham , in Abfalom and Achitopel : in which Dryden has excelled our author . at are are ftrongly ...
Page 290
... force of the original is evaporated in this long and feeble pa- raphrafe . The third , and three fucceeding lines , are languid and verbofe , and fome of the worst he has written . Ver . 33 . + Ver . 54 . 1 Ver . 91 . 12 Quid 12 . Quid ...
... force of the original is evaporated in this long and feeble pa- raphrafe . The third , and three fucceeding lines , are languid and verbofe , and fome of the worst he has written . Ver . 33 . + Ver . 54 . 1 Ver . 91 . 12 Quid 12 . Quid ...
Page 404
... force of Cervantes's humour , when it can be relished by readers , even unacquainted with Spanish man- ners , with the inftitution of chivalry , and with the many paffages of old romances , and Italian poems , to which it perpetually ...
... force of Cervantes's humour , when it can be relished by readers , even unacquainted with Spanish man- ners , with the inftitution of chivalry , and with the many paffages of old romances , and Italian poems , to which it perpetually ...
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