An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756-1782)Garland Pub., 1974 - Verse satire, English |
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... verses ? -Satires . - Still worfe and worse , faid the confeffor . - And against whom ? - Against those , said Boileau , who make bad verses ; against fuch mischievous works as operas and romances . - Ah ! my friend , fays the Confeffor ...
... verses ? -Satires . - Still worfe and worse , faid the confeffor . - And against whom ? - Against those , said Boileau , who make bad verses ; against fuch mischievous works as operas and romances . - Ah ! my friend , fays the Confeffor ...
Page 277
... verse , Rend with tremendous found your ears afunder , With gun , drum , trumpet , blunderbuss , and thunder . POPE has turned the compliment to Au- guftus into a severe sarcasm , All the wits ‡ • Of these verses fays Porphyrie ...
... verse , Rend with tremendous found your ears afunder , With gun , drum , trumpet , blunderbuss , and thunder . POPE has turned the compliment to Au- guftus into a severe sarcasm , All the wits ‡ • Of these verses fays Porphyrie ...
Page 322
... verse , in the original . As to envy , he had not a grain of it in his nature . 41. Virtus eft vitium fugere § . ' Tis the first virtue , vices to abber , And the first wisdom , to be fool no more 1 . DR . KING informed me , that these ...
... verse , in the original . As to envy , he had not a grain of it in his nature . 41. Virtus eft vitium fugere § . ' Tis the first virtue , vices to abber , And the first wisdom , to be fool no more 1 . DR . KING informed me , that these ...
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