An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756-1782)Garland Pub., 1974 - Verse satire, English |
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Page 124
... translation has been often printed ; at Paris 1736 ; at London 1741 , in Quarto ; at the Hague 1742. He has fubjoined a defence of the doctrines of the Effay from War- burton's Letters : and has added a translation alío , with a large ...
... translation has been often printed ; at Paris 1736 ; at London 1741 , in Quarto ; at the Hague 1742. He has fubjoined a defence of the doctrines of the Effay from War- burton's Letters : and has added a translation alío , with a large ...
Page 391
... translation of Fresnoy * , than to his skill as a painter . He was defective , fays Mr. Walpole , in drawing , colouring , and composition ; and even in that most neceffary , and perhaps most easy talent of a portrait - painter ...
... translation of Fresnoy * , than to his skill as a painter . He was defective , fays Mr. Walpole , in drawing , colouring , and composition ; and even in that most neceffary , and perhaps most easy talent of a portrait - painter ...
Page 398
... translation of a fable from Boileau ; which fable Boileau removed from the end of his Epistle to the King , by the advice of the great Prince of Condè , as unfuited to the subject , and finished with it an epiftle to L'Abbé des Roches ...
... translation of a fable from Boileau ; which fable Boileau removed from the end of his Epistle to the King , by the advice of the great Prince of Condè , as unfuited to the subject , and finished with it an epiftle to L'Abbé des Roches ...
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