An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 48
... observation upon vice and folly , that are very remark- able in a perfon fo extremely young as he was , at the time he compofed it . I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that although the turn of ...
... observation upon vice and folly , that are very remark- able in a perfon fo extremely young as he was , at the time he compofed it . I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that although the turn of ...
Page 51
... observed on the occafion , " Brown is an excellent copyift , and thofe who take his imitations amifs , are much in the wrong ; they are very ftrongly mannered , and few perhaps could write fo well if they were not fo . " - -In Pora's ...
... observed on the occafion , " Brown is an excellent copyift , and thofe who take his imitations amifs , are much in the wrong ; they are very ftrongly mannered , and few perhaps could write fo well if they were not fo . " - -In Pora's ...
Page 89
... observation plainly taken from La Rochefoucault . " " Tis a mistake to believe that none but the violent paffions , fuch as ambition and love , are able to tri- umph over the other paffions . Laziness , as languid as it is , often gets ...
... observation plainly taken from La Rochefoucault . " " Tis a mistake to believe that none but the violent paffions , fuch as ambition and love , are able to tri- umph over the other paffions . Laziness , as languid as it is , often gets ...
Page 153
... observe these straws in amber . But if rhyme occafions fuch inconveniences and improprieties in fo exact a writer as our author , what can be * Boileau . Sat. 2. v . 53 . expected expected from inferior verfifiers * ? It is not my AND ...
... observe these straws in amber . But if rhyme occafions fuch inconveniences and improprieties in fo exact a writer as our author , what can be * Boileau . Sat. 2. v . 53 . expected expected from inferior verfifiers * ? It is not my AND ...
Page 156
... observe , that more of that true harmony which will best support a poem , will result from a variety of paufes , and from an in- termixture of thofe different feet ( iambic and trochaïc particularly ) into which our language naturally ...
... observe , that more of that true harmony which will best support a poem , will result from a variety of paufes , and from an in- termixture of thofe different feet ( iambic and trochaïc particularly ) into which our language naturally ...
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