An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 5
... humour , as cannot fail to excite laugh- ter . Our Prior has happily caught his man- ner , in many of his lighter tales ; parti- • It is to be lamented that Fontaine has so frequently tranfgressed the bounds of modesty . Boileau did not ...
... humour , as cannot fail to excite laugh- ter . Our Prior has happily caught his man- ner , in many of his lighter tales ; parti- • It is to be lamented that Fontaine has so frequently tranfgressed the bounds of modesty . Boileau did not ...
Page 10
... humour , for in the original , she naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome : the lines must be transcribed . Ver . 359 . Yelepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... humour , for in the original , she naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome : the lines must be transcribed . Ver . 359 . Yelepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 51
... humour . The point of the likeness consists in describing the objects * Sce a Pipe of Tobacco , p . 282 , vol . 2. Dodsley's Miscell . where Mr. Hawkins Brown has imitated , from a hint of Dr. John Hoadly , fix later English poets with ...
... humour . The point of the likeness consists in describing the objects * Sce a Pipe of Tobacco , p . 282 , vol . 2. Dodsley's Miscell . where Mr. Hawkins Brown has imitated , from a hint of Dr. John Hoadly , fix later English poets with ...
Page 52
... line was thus ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour . Perfuafion tips his tongue whene'er he talks , And - le bas chambers in the King's - Bench walks . has has set before the public , so complete a figure $ 2 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... line was thus ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour . Perfuafion tips his tongue whene'er he talks , And - le bas chambers in the King's - Bench walks . has has set before the public , so complete a figure $ 2 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 139
... works were lately printed in a magnificent manner at the Louvre , in two volumes , quarto , at the expence of Madam Pompadour . * Ver . 22 are are the fifth and seventh . There is true humour AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 139.
... works were lately printed in a magnificent manner at the Louvre , in two volumes , quarto , at the expence of Madam Pompadour . * Ver . 22 are are the fifth and seventh . There is true humour AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 139.
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