An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... force and perfpicuity than Ovid ; that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the Juffit et extendi campos , of the latin poet ; that he excels in the propriety of his fimiles and epithets , the per- fpicuity of his ...
... force and perfpicuity than Ovid ; that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the Juffit et extendi campos , of the latin poet ; that he excels in the propriety of his fimiles and epithets , the per- fpicuity of his ...
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... force * , which we might select on * Whence it came to pass that Spenser did not give his poem the due fimplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti mate Epopea , the reader may find in Mr. Hurd's enter- taining letter to Mr. Mafon , on ...
... force * , which we might select on * Whence it came to pass that Spenser did not give his poem the due fimplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti mate Epopea , the reader may find in Mr. Hurd's enter- taining letter to Mr. Mafon , on ...
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... force , and obliquely alludes to his noble friend's leaving his political , for philofophical pursuits . May I venture to obferve , that the metaphors in the fucceeding lines , drawn from the field fports of fetting and shooting , feem ...
... force , and obliquely alludes to his noble friend's leaving his political , for philofophical pursuits . May I venture to obferve , that the metaphors in the fucceeding lines , drawn from the field fports of fetting and shooting , feem ...
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... force to what is principal in every thing . And is not thought and reafon principal in man ? Would we have no referve for these ? No faving for this part of his engine + † ? " * Ver . 229 . The Moralifts , vol . ii . pag . 199 . 15 ...
... force to what is principal in every thing . And is not thought and reafon principal in man ? Would we have no referve for these ? No faving for this part of his engine + † ? " * Ver . 229 . The Moralifts , vol . ii . pag . 199 . 15 ...
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... be the fame tendency , but are delivered with more dignity and force , and demand certainly a deeper attention and more implicit regard . pear pear most blameable , nay , most detestable and most 90 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... be the fame tendency , but are delivered with more dignity and force , and demand certainly a deeper attention and more implicit regard . pear pear most blameable , nay , most detestable and most 90 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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