An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 39
... Milton's . * To man that was i ' th ' evening made , Stars gave the first delight ; Admiring in the gloomy shade , Those little drops of light . Spenfer and Waller were POPE's great favourites , as he told Mr. Spence , in the order they ...
... Milton's . * To man that was i ' th ' evening made , Stars gave the first delight ; Admiring in the gloomy shade , Those little drops of light . Spenfer and Waller were POPE's great favourites , as he told Mr. Spence , in the order they ...
Page 45
... Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646 , written in the true spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allufion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit ...
... Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646 , written in the true spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allufion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit ...
Page 63
... Milton ; And juftify the ways of God to man * . POPE feems to have hinted , by this allu- fion to the Paradise Loft , that he intended his poem for a defence of providence , as well as Milton : but he took a very dif- ferent method in ...
... Milton ; And juftify the ways of God to man * . POPE feems to have hinted , by this allu- fion to the Paradise Loft , that he intended his poem for a defence of providence , as well as Milton : but he took a very dif- ferent method in ...
Page 114
... Milton , in one of his fmaller and neglected poems , has left us a fublime paffage founded on the Christian doctrine of the Fall , and of the preceding harmony of all things . * Ver . 108 . † Ταυθ ' ότι μεν εςιν ισχυρά , και σιβαρα ...
... Milton , in one of his fmaller and neglected poems , has left us a fublime paffage founded on the Christian doctrine of the Fall , and of the preceding harmony of all things . * Ver . 108 . † Ταυθ ' ότι μεν εςιν ισχυρά , και σιβαρα ...
Page 123
... Milton fpeaks , from the rafh judgment of mortals , ” Lettre De M. De Ramsay , A Pontoife le 28 April , 1742 . It will be proper to fubjoin Bolingbroke's own account of this Effay , given in a letter to Swift , August 2 , 1731 ...
... Milton fpeaks , from the rafh judgment of mortals , ” Lettre De M. De Ramsay , A Pontoife le 28 April , 1742 . It will be proper to fubjoin Bolingbroke's own account of this Effay , given in a letter to Swift , August 2 , 1731 ...
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