An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... defign fit for GUIDO to execute . The graceful Goddess was array'd in green ; About her feet were little beagles feen , That watch'd with UPWARD eyes the motions of their queen . But above all , the whole defcription of the entering the ...
... defign fit for GUIDO to execute . The graceful Goddess was array'd in green ; About her feet were little beagles feen , That watch'd with UPWARD eyes the motions of their queen . But above all , the whole defcription of the entering the ...
Page 38
... defign , for he defigned with dexterity and taste . The application of the ftory of Cephalus and Procris is as ingenious as Waller's Phobus and Daphnc . Waller abounds , perhaps to excefs , in allufions to mythology and the ancient ...
... defign , for he defigned with dexterity and taste . The application of the ftory of Cephalus and Procris is as ingenious as Waller's Phobus and Daphnc . Waller abounds , perhaps to excefs , in allufions to mythology and the ancient ...
Page 69
... defign , Why then a Borgia or a Catiline + ? " All ills arise from the order of the uni- verse , which is abfolutely perfect . Would you wish to disturb fo divine an order , for the fake of your own particular interest ? What if the ...
... defign , Why then a Borgia or a Catiline + ? " All ills arise from the order of the uni- verse , which is abfolutely perfect . Would you wish to disturb fo divine an order , for the fake of your own particular interest ? What if the ...
Page 358
... defign of the Friend , introduced in thefe dialogues , is to diffuade our poet from perfonal in- vectives . He defires him to copy the fly , infinuating style of Horace ; and dexte- rously turns the very advice he is giving into the ...
... defign of the Friend , introduced in thefe dialogues , is to diffuade our poet from perfonal in- vectives . He defires him to copy the fly , infinuating style of Horace ; and dexte- rously turns the very advice he is giving into the ...
Page 371
... defign , ) must be such an one as is capable of being all three . This phantom in the poet's mind , must have a name . He feeks for one who hath been concerned in the journals , written bad plays or poems , and published low criti ...
... defign , ) must be such an one as is capable of being all three . This phantom in the poet's mind , must have a name . He feeks for one who hath been concerned in the journals , written bad plays or poems , and published low criti ...
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