An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... spirit ; but his images are gi- gantic and outrageous , and his sentiments tortured and hyperbolical . It can hardly , I think , be doubted , but that Juvenal in- tended a fevere fatire on him , in thefe well known lines which have been ...
... spirit ; but his images are gi- gantic and outrageous , and his sentiments tortured and hyperbolical . It can hardly , I think , be doubted , but that Juvenal in- tended a fevere fatire on him , in thefe well known lines which have been ...
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... spirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though io fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never pro- duced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy ...
... spirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though io fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never pro- duced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy ...
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... spirit of POPE's youthful translation , I shall select the following paffage . He fends a monfter horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the depth of hell . The peft a virgin's face and bofom wears ; High on a crown a rising snake ...
... spirit of POPE's youthful translation , I shall select the following paffage . He fends a monfter horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the depth of hell . The peft a virgin's face and bofom wears ; High on a crown a rising snake ...
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... spirit with this spell Of my own teaching I am caught . * Speaking of his imitations , PoPE faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a design of giving a tafte of all the Greek poets ; I would have tranflated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar ...
... spirit with this spell Of my own teaching I am caught . * Speaking of his imitations , PoPE faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a design of giving a tafte of all the Greek poets ; I would have tranflated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar ...
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... spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allufion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit . Æternorum operum cuftos fidelis , Quæftorque gazæ nobilioris . Quam cui ...
... spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allufion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit . Æternorum operum cuftos fidelis , Quæftorque gazæ nobilioris . Quam cui ...
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