An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... same time , adapted to the furious nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tremendous idea . * These passages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being ...
... same time , adapted to the furious nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tremendous idea . * These passages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being ...
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... resentment is more temperate . See verse 433 down to verse 472 , of the same most en chanting tragedy . chuse chuse rather to account for Ovid's falling into so blameable 26 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS of a blustering bully; in Sophocles*, with ...
... resentment is more temperate . See verse 433 down to verse 472 , of the same most en chanting tragedy . chuse chuse rather to account for Ovid's falling into so blameable 26 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS of a blustering bully; in Sophocles*, with ...
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... same volume . POPE † , in * Settle was assisted in writing the Anti - Achitophel by Clifford , and others the best wits of that time , who com- bined against Dryden . † Another line likewise of POPE exactly characterises him . The ...
... same volume . POPE † , in * Settle was assisted in writing the Anti - Achitophel by Clifford , and others the best wits of that time , who com- bined against Dryden . † Another line likewise of POPE exactly characterises him . The ...
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... same subject , Ad Johannem Rouscium , 1646 , written in the true spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allusion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been so fond , I cannot omit . Æternorum ...
... same subject , Ad Johannem Rouscium , 1646 , written in the true spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allusion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been so fond , I cannot omit . Æternorum ...
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... same species with the piece before us , In this also consists the chief beauty of Gay's Trivia , a subject Swift defired him to write upon , and for which he furnished him with many hints . The character of Swift has been scrutinized in ...
... same species with the piece before us , In this also consists the chief beauty of Gay's Trivia , a subject Swift defired him to write upon , and for which he furnished him with many hints . The character of Swift has been scrutinized in ...
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