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... means the fhining talent of POPE . This affer- tion may be manifefted by the few images in- troduced in the poem before us , which are not equally applicable to any place whatsoever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar ...
... means the fhining talent of POPE . This affer- tion may be manifefted by the few images in- troduced in the poem before us , which are not equally applicable to any place whatsoever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar ...
Page 21
... means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rofamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marginis obfcuri fervat inane decus , Rara intermiffæ circum veftigia molis , Et fola in vacuo tramite porta labat : Sacræ olim fedes riguæ convallis in ...
... means excelled by the foregoing . Qua nudo Rofamonda humilis fub culmine tecti Marginis obfcuri fervat inane decus , Rara intermiffæ circum veftigia molis , Et fola in vacuo tramite porta labat : Sacræ olim fedes riguæ convallis in ...
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... means his ✓ only excellencies ; he is equally to be praised , for impreffing on our minds the effects , which the scene delineated would have on the present spectator or hearer . Thus having fpoken of the roaring of the favages in a ...
... means his ✓ only excellencies ; he is equally to be praised , for impreffing on our minds the effects , which the scene delineated would have on the present spectator or hearer . Thus having fpoken of the roaring of the favages in a ...
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... mean that of Lucretius . 1 WE are next to fpeak of the LYRIC pieces of POPE . He used to declare , that if Dryden had finished a translation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after so great a master ; he might have faid ...
... mean that of Lucretius . 1 WE are next to fpeak of the LYRIC pieces of POPE . He used to declare , that if Dryden had finished a translation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after so great a master ; he might have faid ...
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... means equal to the conclufion of that ftanza . The animating fong that Orpheus fung to the Argonauts , copied from Valerius What paffion cannot mufic raife and quell ! When Jubal ftruck the chorded fhell , His lift'ning brethren ftood ...
... means equal to the conclufion of that ftanza . The animating fong that Orpheus fung to the Argonauts , copied from Valerius What paffion cannot mufic raife and quell ! When Jubal ftruck the chorded fhell , His lift'ning brethren ftood ...
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Abelard Addiſon addreffed alfo alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character circumftance cloſe compofition Corneille defcribed defign deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegance Eloifa epic poetry epiftle Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies fpirit ftanza ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficient fylphs genius greateſt hiftory himſelf Homer Iliad images imagination inferted inftance itſelf Jane Shore juſt laft Loft Milton moft moſt mufic muſt numbers o'er obfervations occafion Ovid paffage paffion painted pathetic perfon Petrarch pieces Pindar pleaſed pleaſure poefy poem poet poetical poetry POPE praiſes prefent profe publiſhed quæ Quintilian Racine racter raiſed reafon refpect repreſent ſay ſcene ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpecies ſtory ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe writing