An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 11
... these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the foundation of the present magnificent royal library at Paris , The tale to which this is the Prologue , has been versified by Dryden ...
... these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the foundation of the present magnificent royal library at Paris , The tale to which this is the Prologue , has been versified by Dryden ...
Page 12
... these pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to select a few passages from these three poems ; and the reader must ...
... these pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to select a few passages from these three poems ; and the reader must ...
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... the first delineation of all these images is in Chaucer , or Boc- cace , and it might be worth examining how much Dryden has added purely from his own stock . combat , combat , which is told at length , in the 16 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... the first delineation of all these images is in Chaucer , or Boc- cace , and it might be worth examining how much Dryden has added purely from his own stock . combat , combat , which is told at length , in the 16 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... these verses are many expressions , here marked with italics , which seem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were easily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty ...
... these verses are many expressions , here marked with italics , which seem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were easily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty ...
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... these dire hands from my flain father tore . OVID is also another writer of a bad taste , on whom POPE employed some of his youthful hours ; in translating the sto- ries of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological ...
... these dire hands from my flain father tore . OVID is also another writer of a bad taste , on whom POPE employed some of his youthful hours ; in translating the sto- ries of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological ...
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