An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... character of a fond old dotard betrayed into difgrace by an unfuitable match , is fup- ported in a lively manner POPE has en- deavoured , fuitably to familiarize the state- linefs liness of our heroic measure , in this ludi- crous 4 ...
... character of a fond old dotard betrayed into difgrace by an unfuitable match , is fup- ported in a lively manner POPE has en- deavoured , fuitably to familiarize the state- linefs liness of our heroic measure , in this ludi- crous 4 ...
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... to be tafted or un- derstood , when the characters , the facts and the follies they ftigmatize , are perished and • Şee Menagiana , Vol . I. p . 368 . unknown , unknown . Gulliver in the next century , will be 6 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... to be tafted or un- derstood , when the characters , the facts and the follies they ftigmatize , are perished and • Şee Menagiana , Vol . I. p . 368 . unknown , unknown . Gulliver in the next century , will be 6 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... character of Dryden , the constant pat- * The falling off of his hair , said a man of wit , had no other confequence , than to make his laurels to be feen the A person who tranflated fome pieces after Dryden used to say , more . Experto ...
... character of Dryden , the constant pat- * The falling off of his hair , said a man of wit , had no other confequence , than to make his laurels to be feen the A person who tranflated fome pieces after Dryden used to say , more . Experto ...
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... character , who may mife- rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of such a character . In a word , so much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry ! ' The The frame of burnish'd steel that caft a glare From AND ...
... character , who may mife- rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of such a character . In a word , so much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry ! ' The The frame of burnish'd steel that caft a glare From AND ...
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... characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the prefent edition , I shall speak no more of it . THE Imitation of ...
... characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the prefent edition , I shall speak no more of it . THE Imitation of ...
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