An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... strength and spirit of POPE's youthful translation , I 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 ...
... strength and spirit of POPE's youthful translation , I 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 ...
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Joseph Warton. ceived with equal strength in a succeeding book * . Into that cave he creepes , and thenceforth there Resolv'd to build his baleful manfion In dreary darkness , and continual feare Of that rock's fall ; which ever and anon ...
Joseph Warton. ceived with equal strength in a succeeding book * . Into that cave he creepes , and thenceforth there Resolv'd to build his baleful manfion In dreary darkness , and continual feare Of that rock's fall ; which ever and anon ...
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... strength of bulls , the fur of bears . " Ask not merely , why man is naked , why unhoofed , why slower footed than the beasts : Ask , why he has not wings also for the air , fins for the water , and so on : that he might take possession ...
... strength of bulls , the fur of bears . " Ask not merely , why man is naked , why unhoofed , why slower footed than the beasts : Ask , why he has not wings also for the air , fins for the water , and so on : that he might take possession ...
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... Strength , wisdom , virtue , mighty Jove , are thine ! Vice is the act of man , by passion tost , And in the shoreless sea of folly loft ; But thou , what vice disorders , canst compose , And profit by the malice of thy foes ; So ...
... Strength , wisdom , virtue , mighty Jove , are thine ! Vice is the act of man , by passion tost , And in the shoreless sea of folly loft ; But thou , what vice disorders , canst compose , And profit by the malice of thy foes ; So ...
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... strength of mind is exercise , not rest ‡ . * Ver . 97 . † When I am writing , says Fontenelle , I often stop and afk ; " Do I myself understand this sentence ? " And yet , Fontenelle , whom the French accuse of introducing the ab- rupt ...
... strength of mind is exercise , not rest ‡ . * Ver . 97 . † When I am writing , says Fontenelle , I often stop and afk ; " Do I myself understand this sentence ? " And yet , Fontenelle , whom the French accuse of introducing the ab- rupt ...
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