An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Joseph Warton. Now cold despair succeeding in her stead , To livid palenefs turn'd the glowing red * . If we pass on from descriptions of per- sons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is ...
Joseph Warton. Now cold despair succeeding in her stead , To livid palenefs turn'd the glowing red * . If we pass on from descriptions of per- sons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is ...
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... an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece , would would undoubtedly fuppofe that he abounded in filthy images , of ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece , would would undoubtedly fuppofe that he abounded in filthy images , of ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... turn of thefe numbers , bears the closest resemblance with the following , which are of themselves a complete concert of the most delicious mufic . The joyous birds shrouded in chearful shade , Their notes unto the voice attempred sweet ...
... turn of thefe numbers , bears the closest resemblance with the following , which are of themselves a complete concert of the most delicious mufic . The joyous birds shrouded in chearful shade , Their notes unto the voice attempred sweet ...
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... turn of these two writers , than the pieces in queftion . It is remarkable , that Milton ends his ode with a kind of prophecy importing , that however he may be at present traduced , yet pofterity will applaud his work . At ULTIMI ...
... turn of these two writers , than the pieces in queftion . It is remarkable , that Milton ends his ode with a kind of prophecy importing , that however he may be at present traduced , yet pofterity will applaud his work . At ULTIMI ...
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... turn of the fatire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould write a fatire on * Hume's History of Great - Britain . Vol . II . pag . 434 Man , Man , I am not furprized ; it is the 48 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS POPE in this ...
... turn of the fatire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould write a fatire on * Hume's History of Great - Britain . Vol . II . pag . 434 Man , Man , I am not furprized ; it is the 48 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS POPE in this ...
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