An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftnefs of the criticism , but because it contains a cenfure * Cowley is faid to have ...
... himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftnefs of the criticism , but because it contains a cenfure * Cowley is faid to have ...
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... himself in the luxury of writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten ...
... himself in the luxury of writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten ...
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... himself yet saw 1 there The gore congeal'd was clotted in his hair : With eyes half - clos'd and gaping mouth he lay , And grim , as when he breath'd his fullen soul away . This reminds me of that forcible defcrip- tion in a writer ...
... himself yet saw 1 there The gore congeal'd was clotted in his hair : With eyes half - clos'd and gaping mouth he lay , And grim , as when he breath'd his fullen soul away . This reminds me of that forcible defcrip- tion in a writer ...
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... himself from Indian quarries came . This scene of terror is judiciously con- trafted by the pleafing and joyous imagery of the temples of Venus and Diana . The figure of the last goddess , is a defign fit for GUIDO to execute . The ...
... himself from Indian quarries came . This scene of terror is judiciously con- trafted by the pleafing and joyous imagery of the temples of Venus and Diana . The figure of the last goddess , is a defign fit for GUIDO to execute . The ...
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... himself with more 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 ...
... himself with more 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 ...
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