An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 41
... passion in his love verses , and that one elegy of Tibullus , so well imitated by Hammond , excels a volume of the most refined panegyric , The next imitation is of COWLEY , in two pieces , on a garden , and on weeping , in which POPE ...
... passion in his love verses , and that one elegy of Tibullus , so well imitated by Hammond , excels a volume of the most refined panegyric , The next imitation is of COWLEY , in two pieces , on a garden , and on weeping , in which POPE ...
Page 47
... passionate hurry , and perceived not a large rusty nail that was concealed at the bottom which pierced his heel , and brought on a mortification . LEE had been some time confined for lunacy , to a very low diet , but one night he ...
... passionate hurry , and perceived not a large rusty nail that was concealed at the bottom which pierced his heel , and brought on a mortification . LEE had been some time confined for lunacy , to a very low diet , but one night he ...
Page 81
... passion tost , And in the shoreless sea of folly loft ; But thou , what vice disorders , canst compose , And profit by the malice of thy foes ; So blending good with evil , fair with foul , As thence to model one harmonious WHOLE . 21 ...
... passion tost , And in the shoreless sea of folly loft ; But thou , what vice disorders , canst compose , And profit by the malice of thy foes ; So blending good with evil , fair with foul , As thence to model one harmonious WHOLE . 21 ...
Page 85
... Passions , that court an aim , is surely a strange expression . 25. In lazy apathy let Stoics boaft Their virtue fix'd ! ' tis fix'd as in a frost ; Contracted all , retiring to the breast ; The strength of mind is exercise , not rest ...
... Passions , that court an aim , is surely a strange expression . 25. In lazy apathy let Stoics boaft Their virtue fix'd ! ' tis fix'd as in a frost ; Contracted all , retiring to the breast ; The strength of mind is exercise , not rest ...
Page 86
... passion . He that would be convinced that this trite accufation is ill - grounded , may confult the notes Mr. Harris has added to his third treatise * . There he will find the genuine doctrines of the Stoics examined with ac- curacy and ...
... passion . He that would be convinced that this trite accufation is ill - grounded , may confult the notes Mr. Harris has added to his third treatise * . There he will find the genuine doctrines of the Stoics examined with ac- curacy and ...
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