An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... defcribe them in a purer style . Both thefe ftories would have fhone under the hands of POPE . THIS doctrine of our author may be farther illuftrated by the following paffage of of Bacon . " It is no lefs worthy to 140 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... defcribe them in a purer style . Both thefe ftories would have fhone under the hands of POPE . THIS doctrine of our author may be farther illuftrated by the following paffage of of Bacon . " It is no lefs worthy to 140 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 147
... style , very different from this author's other works . The four first were published in folio , in the year 1725 * ; and the fifth and fixth , incomparably the best , on the characters of women , in the year 1727 , that is , eight ...
... style , very different from this author's other works . The four first were published in folio , in the year 1725 * ; and the fifth and fixth , incomparably the best , on the characters of women , in the year 1727 , that is , eight ...
Page 151
... style ; magna , non nimia ; fublimis , non abrupta ; fevera , non triftis ; læta , non luxuriofa ; plena , non tumida . And sometimes Tully ; as , vicit pudorem libido , timorem audacia , rationem amentia , But these writers fall into ...
... style ; magna , non nimia ; fublimis , non abrupta ; fevera , non triftis ; læta , non luxuriofa ; plena , non tumida . And sometimes Tully ; as , vicit pudorem libido , timorem audacia , rationem amentia , But these writers fall into ...
Page 154
... style , are expected ; but for subjects of a higher order , where any enthusiasm or emotion is to be expreffed , or for poems of a greater length , blank verfe is un- doubtedly preferable , An epic poem in rhyme appears to be fuch a ...
... style , are expected ; but for subjects of a higher order , where any enthusiasm or emotion is to be expreffed , or for poems of a greater length , blank verfe is un- doubtedly preferable , An epic poem in rhyme appears to be fuch a ...
Page 155
... style that is * Boileau , whose practice it was to make the fecond line of a couplet before the first , having written ( in his fecond fatire ) this line , Dans mes vers recoufus mettre en pieces Malherbe , it was thought impoffible by ...
... style that is * Boileau , whose practice it was to make the fecond line of a couplet before the first , having written ( in his fecond fatire ) this line , Dans mes vers recoufus mettre en pieces Malherbe , it was thought impoffible by ...
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