An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a forest wide and bare ; Where neither beast nor human kind repair ; The ...
... shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a forest wide and bare ; Where neither beast nor human kind repair ; The ...
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... shall felect only the following picture of Sigismonda , as it has the fame attitude in which she appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majesty of grief destroys : VOL . II ...
... shall felect only the following picture of Sigismonda , as it has the fame attitude in which she appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majesty of grief destroys : VOL . II ...
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... shall confine myself to point out only two passages , which relate the two appearances of this formidable figure : * This is one of Boccace's most serious stories . " It is a curious thing to see at the head of an edition of Boccace's ...
... shall confine myself to point out only two passages , which relate the two appearances of this formidable figure : * This is one of Boccace's most serious stories . " It is a curious thing to see at the head of an edition of Boccace's ...
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... shall add nothing to what I have already said on this subject * ; but only relate the occafion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , hap- pening to pay a morning visit to Dryden , whom he always ...
... shall add nothing to what I have already said on this subject * ; but only relate the occafion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , hap- pening to pay a morning visit to Dryden , whom he always ...
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... shall select the following passage . He sends a monster horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the depth of hell . The pest a virgin's face and bosom wears ; High on a crown a rising snake appears . } Guards her black front , and hisses ...
... shall select the following passage . He sends a monster horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the depth of hell . The pest a virgin's face and bosom wears ; High on a crown a rising snake appears . } Guards her black front , and hisses ...
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