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... adhuc habet amatores , ut eum , non ejufdem modo operis autóri- bus , fed omnibus poetis , præferre non dubitent . QUINTILIAN . LONDON , PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY , IN PALL - MALL . MDCCLXXII . " I revere the memory of POPE , I refpect 9 Dyer.
... adhuc habet amatores , ut eum , non ejufdem modo operis autóri- bus , fed omnibus poetis , præferre non dubitent . QUINTILIAN . LONDON , PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY , IN PALL - MALL . MDCCLXXII . " I revere the memory of POPE , I refpect 9 Dyer.
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Joseph Warton. " I revere the memory of POPE , I refpect and honour his abilities ; but I do not think him at the head of his profef- fion . In other words , in that species of poetry wherein POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind ...
Joseph Warton. " I revere the memory of POPE , I refpect and honour his abilities ; but I do not think him at the head of his profef- fion . In other words , in that species of poetry wherein POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind ...
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... refpect to the truth of this obfer- vation of POPE , experience abundantly evinc- eth , that the three great faculties of the foul here spoken of are feldom found united in the fame perfon . There have yet existed but a few transcendent ...
... refpect to the truth of this obfer- vation of POPE , experience abundantly evinc- eth , that the three great faculties of the foul here spoken of are feldom found united in the fame perfon . There have yet existed but a few transcendent ...
Page 122
... refpect to two admirable paintings of Mr. Ho- garth , his PAUL PREACHING , and his INFANT MOSES ; which , on a closer examination , are not chargeable with the blemishes imputed to them . Juftice obliges him to declare the high opi ...
... refpect to two admirable paintings of Mr. Ho- garth , his PAUL PREACHING , and his INFANT MOSES ; which , on a closer examination , are not chargeable with the blemishes imputed to them . Juftice obliges him to declare the high opi ...
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... refpect , Marcello is truly excellent : if ever he seems to FALL , it is only to RISE with more astonishing majefty and greatnefs * . " It may be per- tinent to subjoin Rofcommon's remark on the fame fubject . - Far the greatest part Of ...
... refpect , Marcello is truly excellent : if ever he seems to FALL , it is only to RISE with more astonishing majefty and greatnefs * . " It may be per- tinent to subjoin Rofcommon's remark on the fame fubject . - Far the greatest part Of ...
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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