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... whose fhade protected the king , be faid to be lific of princes ? pro- THAT POPE has not equalled Theocritus , will indeed appear less surprising , if we re- flect , that no original writer ever remained fo unrivalled by fucceeding ...
... whose fhade protected the king , be faid to be lific of princes ? pro- THAT POPE has not equalled Theocritus , will indeed appear less surprising , if we re- flect , that no original writer ever remained fo unrivalled by fucceeding ...
Page 66
... whose grand chracteristical talent is fatiric or moral poetry , will never fucceed , with equal merit , in the higher branches of his art . In his ode on the taking Namur , are inftances of the a * BOMBASTIC , of the PRO- SAIC , and of ...
... whose grand chracteristical talent is fatiric or moral poetry , will never fucceed , with equal merit , in the higher branches of his art . In his ode on the taking Namur , are inftances of the a * BOMBASTIC , of the PRO- SAIC , and of ...
Page 105
... whose fnares he generally falls . If the ima- gination be lively , the paffions will be ftrong . True génius feldom refides in a cold and phlegmatic conftitution . The same temperament , and the fame fenfibility that makes a poet or a ...
... whose fnares he generally falls . If the ima- gination be lively , the paffions will be ftrong . True génius feldom refides in a cold and phlegmatic conftitution . The same temperament , and the fame fenfibility that makes a poet or a ...
Page 122
... whose works have more of what the ancients called the HOOE in them , than the compofitions of any other Modern . For the reft , the author begs leave to add , that he is fo far from being afhamed of retracting his error , that he had ...
... whose works have more of what the ancients called the HOOE in them , than the compofitions of any other Modern . For the reft , the author begs leave to add , that he is fo far from being afhamed of retracting his error , that he had ...
Page 133
... excrefcencies , but ef- fential to the poem . I will only add , that I * Iliad xxiii . Note 1 . do not know an author whose capital excel- lence fuffers K 3 do AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 133 . latter, for continuing the AJAX and PнO- ...
... excrefcencies , but ef- fential to the poem . I will only add , that I * Iliad xxiii . Note 1 . do not know an author whose capital excel- lence fuffers K 3 do AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 133 . latter, for continuing the AJAX and PнO- ...
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