An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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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 abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages 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 abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must ...
Page 15
... These paffages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for the same perfon to fucceed in de- fcribing externally a diftressful character , who may mife ...
... These paffages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for the same perfon to fucceed in de- fcribing externally a diftressful character , who may mife ...
Page 23
... these verses are many expreffions , here marked with italics , which feem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were eafily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty ...
... these verses are many expreffions , here marked with italics , which feem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were eafily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty ...
Page 26
... 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 tranflating 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 tranflating the sto- ries of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological ...
Page 30
... these Imitations is of Chau- çer ; as it paints neither characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the prefent ...
... these Imitations is of Chau- çer ; as it paints neither characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the prefent ...
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