An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... verses to Dryden , prefixed to the translation of Virgil . Lord Bolingbroke assured Pope , that Dryden often declared to him . that he got more from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put ...
... verses to Dryden , prefixed to the translation of Virgil . Lord Bolingbroke assured Pope , that Dryden often declared to him . that he got more from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put ...
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... 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 magnificence ...
... 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 magnificence ...
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... verse 85 , down to verse 117. And afterwards , when be becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his resentment is more temperate . See verse 433 down to verse 472 , of the same most en chanting ...
... verse 85 , down to verse 117. And afterwards , when be becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his resentment is more temperate . See verse 433 down to verse 472 , of the same most en chanting ...
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... freedom than his blank - verse . * Dodsley's Mifcellanies , Vol . I. pag . 247 , and Vol . III . pag . 119 . † And also Dr. Beattie's charming Minstrel , D 3 POPE POPE * has imitated WALLER in the third place , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 37.
... freedom than his blank - verse . * Dodsley's Mifcellanies , Vol . I. pag . 247 , and Vol . III . pag . 119 . † And also Dr. Beattie's charming Minstrel , D 3 POPE POPE * has imitated WALLER in the third place , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 37.
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... verses on a fan of his own design , for he designed with dexterity and taste . The application of the story of Cephalus and Procris is as ingenious as Waller's Phoœębus and Daphne . Waller abounds , perhaps to excess , in allusions to ...
... verses on a fan of his own design , for he designed with dexterity and taste . The application of the story of Cephalus and Procris is as ingenious as Waller's Phoœębus and Daphne . Waller abounds , perhaps to excess , in allusions to ...
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