An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... second appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with his naked sword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runs- The fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the foreft fhook around , Air blacken'd , roll'd ...
... second appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with his naked sword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runs- The fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the foreft fhook around , Air blacken'd , roll'd ...
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... second ; it is a defcription of an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece , would would undoubtedly suppose that he abounded in filthy ...
... second ; it is a defcription of an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece , would would undoubtedly suppose that he abounded in filthy ...
Page 49
... Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progress of polite literature and the fine arts that began to revive after the Grand Rebellion , as the gloomy fuperftition , the abfurd cant , and formal hypocrify that difgraced this ...
... Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progress of polite literature and the fine arts that began to revive after the Grand Rebellion , as the gloomy fuperftition , the abfurd cant , and formal hypocrify that difgraced this ...
Page 60
... second , moft of them cleared up , and his pleasure increased : On the third , he had no doubt remaining , and then he admired the whole * . " THE subject of this Effay is a vindication of providence , in which the poet propofes ...
... second , moft of them cleared up , and his pleasure increased : On the third , he had no doubt remaining , and then he admired the whole * . " THE subject of this Effay is a vindication of providence , in which the poet propofes ...
Page 131
... second chapter of the fixth book of his annals . Men of great genius have been fomewhere compared to the pillar of fire that conducted the Ifraelites , which frequently turned a cloudy fide towards the spectator . 4 . See the fame man ...
... second chapter of the fixth book of his annals . Men of great genius have been fomewhere compared to the pillar of fire that conducted the Ifraelites , which frequently turned a cloudy fide towards the spectator . 4 . See the fame man ...
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