An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 127
... ADDISON may be compared with the most finished touches of LA BRUYERE . But the Epiftles we are now entering upon will place the matter beyond a difpute ; for the French can boast of no author who has fo much exhausted the fcience of ...
... ADDISON may be compared with the most finished touches of LA BRUYERE . But the Epiftles we are now entering upon will place the matter beyond a difpute ; for the French can boast of no author who has fo much exhausted the fcience of ...
Page 178
... Addison's Letter from Italy , yet he said the poet had spoken in terms too general of the fineft buildings and paintings , and without much difcrimination of taste . " Who had both taste and zeal for the present style , ” fays Mr ...
... Addison's Letter from Italy , yet he said the poet had spoken in terms too general of the fineft buildings and paintings , and without much difcrimination of taste . " Who had both taste and zeal for the present style , ” fays Mr ...
Page 203
... Addison * , upon his treatise on medals , written in that pleafing form of compo- sition so unsuccessfully attempted by many modern authors , DIALOGUE . In no one fpecies of writing have the ancients fo in- disputable a fuperiority over ...
... Addison * , upon his treatise on medals , written in that pleafing form of compo- sition so unsuccessfully attempted by many modern authors , DIALOGUE . In no one fpecies of writing have the ancients fo in- disputable a fuperiority over ...
Page 204
... ADDISON'S Treatife on Medals ; and the Minute Phi- lofopher of Bishop BERKLEY , ” ALCI- PHRON did , indeed , well deferve to be mentioned on this occafion ; notwith- standing it has been treated with contempt by writers much inferior to ...
... ADDISON'S Treatife on Medals ; and the Minute Phi- lofopher of Bishop BERKLEY , ” ALCI- PHRON did , indeed , well deferve to be mentioned on this occafion ; notwith- standing it has been treated with contempt by writers much inferior to ...
Page 205
... Addison * are writ- ten with that fweetness and purity of style , which conftitute him one of the first of our profe - writers . The Pleasures of Ima- gination , the Effay on the Georgics , and his laft papers in the Spectator and Guar ...
... Addison * are writ- ten with that fweetness and purity of style , which conftitute him one of the first of our profe - writers . The Pleasures of Ima- gination , the Effay on the Georgics , and his laft papers in the Spectator and Guar ...
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