An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 33
... still the favourite of every reader of taste and judgment . Homer copied true natural man- ners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will always form an agreeable and pleasing picture ; but the pencil of the English poet was ...
... still the favourite of every reader of taste and judgment . Homer copied true natural man- ners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will always form an agreeable and pleasing picture ; but the pencil of the English poet was ...
Page 35
... still to and fro did flie , And found no place where safe he shroud him might . Lamenting Sorrow did in darknesse lie , And Shame his ugly face did hide from living eye . To shew the richness of his fancy , he has given us another ...
... still to and fro did flie , And found no place where safe he shroud him might . Lamenting Sorrow did in darknesse lie , And Shame his ugly face did hide from living eye . To shew the richness of his fancy , he has given us another ...
Page 36
... Still ope he keeps for that occafion . Ne ever rests he in tranquillity , The roaring billows beat his bowre so boisterously to Here all is in life and motion ; here we behold the true Poet or MAKER ; this is creation ; it is here ...
... Still ope he keeps for that occafion . Ne ever rests he in tranquillity , The roaring billows beat his bowre so boisterously to Here all is in life and motion ; here we behold the true Poet or MAKER ; this is creation ; it is here ...
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... Still from Apollo vindicates her shade . The flowers that grow on the water - fide could not be sufficiently described without saying , that The pale Narcissus on the bank , in vain , Transformed , gazes on himself again . In the lines ...
... Still from Apollo vindicates her shade . The flowers that grow on the water - fide could not be sufficiently described without saying , that The pale Narcissus on the bank , in vain , Transformed , gazes on himself again . In the lines ...
Page 44
... still I love the language of his heart . His prose works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perused with common patience by a lover of antiquity He that would see Pindar's ...
... still I love the language of his heart . His prose works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perused with common patience by a lover of antiquity He that would see Pindar's ...
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