An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... Sophocles , Euripides , or Menander . And France , without having formed a fin- gle Epopëa , has carried dramatic poetry to so high a pitch of perfection in Corneille , Racine . and Moliere . For a confirmation of the foregoing re- mark ...
... Sophocles , Euripides , or Menander . And France , without having formed a fin- gle Epopëa , has carried dramatic poetry to so high a pitch of perfection in Corneille , Racine . and Moliere . For a confirmation of the foregoing re- mark ...
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... Sophocles , beginning at the words , Ω πότνιαι δεινωπες , at verse 85 , down to verse 117. And afterwards , when be becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his resentment is more temperate . See ...
... Sophocles , beginning at the words , Ω πότνιαι δεινωπες , at verse 85 , down to verse 117. And afterwards , when be becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his resentment is more temperate . See ...
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... Sophocles , when , speaking of Deianira determined to destroy herself , and taking leave of her palace , he adds , a cir- cumstance that Voltaire would have dif- dained ! - Κλαίε δ ' οργανων στε Ψαυσειεν , δις εχρητο δειλαία παρος ...
... Sophocles , when , speaking of Deianira determined to destroy herself , and taking leave of her palace , he adds , a cir- cumstance that Voltaire would have dif- dained ! - Κλαίε δ ' οργανων στε Ψαυσειεν , δις εχρητο δειλαία παρος ...
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... second book , he has Sophocles in his eye ; Luserat in campo fortunæ filius Έγω δ ' εμαυτον παιδα της τύχης νεμων . Edip . Tyrann . 1090 , NUMBERLESS NUMBERLESS are the passages in Horace , which he has 284 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... second book , he has Sophocles in his eye ; Luserat in campo fortunæ filius Έγω δ ' εμαυτον παιδα της τύχης νεμων . Edip . Tyrann . 1090 , NUMBERLESS NUMBERLESS are the passages in Horace , which he has 284 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... Sophocles , verse 659 . Απανθ ' ὁ μακρος κάναριθμητος χρόνος Φυει τ ' άδηλα , και φανεντα κρυπζεται . Pernicies & Tempestas , Barathrumque macelli - t . GROTIUS , in that very entertaining book , his Excerpta ex Tragædiis & Comœ- diis ...
... Sophocles , verse 659 . Απανθ ' ὁ μακρος κάναριθμητος χρόνος Φυει τ ' άδηλα , και φανεντα κρυπζεται . Pernicies & Tempestas , Barathrumque macelli - t . GROTIUS , in that very entertaining book , his Excerpta ex Tragædiis & Comœ- diis ...
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