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Page 10
... verse , which is now become indifpenfibly necef- farys and which has fo forcibly and univer- fally influenced the public ear , as to have rendered every moderate rhymer melodious , POPE lengthened the abruptness of Waller , and at the ...
... verse , which is now become indifpenfibly necef- farys and which has fo forcibly and univer- fally influenced the public ear , as to have rendered every moderate rhymer melodious , POPE lengthened the abruptness of Waller , and at the ...
Page 49
... verse 277. The wolves defcending from the Alps , and a view of winter within the polar circle , verfe 809 , which are all of them highly- finished originals , excepting a few of those blemishes intimated above . WINTER is in my ...
... verse 277. The wolves defcending from the Alps , and a view of winter within the polar circle , verfe 809 , which are all of them highly- finished originals , excepting a few of those blemishes intimated above . WINTER is in my ...
Page 61
... . Handel has not set to mufic the former , as well as the latter , of these celebrated odes , in which he has difplayed the combined powers of verse and and voice , to a wonderful degree . No poerri AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 61.
... . Handel has not set to mufic the former , as well as the latter , of these celebrated odes , in which he has difplayed the combined powers of verse and and voice , to a wonderful degree . No poerri AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 61.
Page 62
... verses of Quin- ault , was immediately animated with the reproach , and as it were feized with a kind of enthusiasm ; he ran inftantly to his harpsichord , and ftriking a few cords , fung in recitative these four lines in the Iphigenia ...
... verses of Quin- ault , was immediately animated with the reproach , and as it were feized with a kind of enthusiasm ; he ran inftantly to his harpsichord , and ftriking a few cords , fung in recitative these four lines in the Iphigenia ...
Page 72
... Ke . unitting Philoc- tetes The subject and scene of this tragedy , fo romantic and uncommon , are highly pleafing to the imagination . See par- ticularly tetes the chorus takes a natural occafion , at verse 72 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... Ke . unitting Philoc- tetes The subject and scene of this tragedy , fo romantic and uncommon , are highly pleafing to the imagination . See par- ticularly tetes the chorus takes a natural occafion , at verse 72 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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