An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... second appearance of - The felon on his sable steed 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 forest shook around , Air blacken'd , roll'd ...
... second appearance of - The felon on his sable steed 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 forest shook 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 Spenser , 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 Spenser , 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 ...
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... 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 superstition , the absurd cant , and formal hypocrify that disgraced 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 superstition , the absurd cant , and formal hypocrify that disgraced this ...
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... second , most 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 Essay is a vindication of providence , in which the poet proposes ...
... second , most 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 Essay is a vindication of providence , in which the poet proposes ...
Page 102
... vellent * . Pain is forcibly expressed by the action de- fcribed in the second line , and by the epi- thet tremulas . * Lib . v . ver . 991 . 39. The 39. The shrine with gore unstain'd , with gold undrest 102 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... vellent * . Pain is forcibly expressed by the action de- fcribed in the second line , and by the epi- thet tremulas . * Lib . v . ver . 991 . 39. The 39. The shrine with gore unstain'd , with gold undrest 102 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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