An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 30
... Dunciad , " As man's meanders , to the vital spring " Roll all their tides , then back their circles bring , was originally in this poem , word for word . " THE first of these Imitations is of Chau- çer ; as it paints neither characters ...
... Dunciad , " As man's meanders , to the vital spring " Roll all their tides , then back their circles bring , was originally in this poem , word for word . " THE first of these Imitations is of Chau- çer ; as it paints neither characters ...
Page 98
... Dunciad ; ver . 417 . Or that bright image to our fancy draw , Which Theocles in raptur'd vision saw . † Ver . 27 . the the food and support of others , whose fouls may I 98 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS tures be subjected to the superior nature ...
... Dunciad ; ver . 417 . Or that bright image to our fancy draw , Which Theocles in raptur'd vision saw . † Ver . 27 . the the food and support of others , whose fouls may I 98 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS tures be subjected to the superior nature ...
Page 118
... Dunciad at the four hundred and fifth . This Essay is not decorated with many comparisons ; two however ought to be mentioned , on account of their aptness and propriety . The first is , where he compares man to the vine , that gains ...
... Dunciad at the four hundred and fifth . This Essay is not decorated with many comparisons ; two however ought to be mentioned , on account of their aptness and propriety . The first is , where he compares man to the vine , that gains ...
Page 245
... Dunciad , vol . i . p . 296 , to mean a pamphlet con- taining Mr. Wycherley's life . Now it happens , that in July 1715 , the Earl of Warwick ( who died at the age of twenty- three , in August 1721 ) was only a boy of seventeen , and ...
... Dunciad , vol . i . p . 296 , to mean a pamphlet con- taining Mr. Wycherley's life . Now it happens , that in July 1715 , the Earl of Warwick ( who died at the age of twenty- three , in August 1721 ) was only a boy of seventeen , and ...
Page 298
... that if our author could have been present , he perhaps might have been inclined to alter an opinion , of which he seems very fond , * Ver . 82 . + At Eton School . in in the fourth book of the Dunciad , " that 298 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... that if our author could have been present , he perhaps might have been inclined to alter an opinion , of which he seems very fond , * Ver . 82 . + At Eton School . in in the fourth book of the Dunciad , " that 298 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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