An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 51
... sense of ridicule , fo re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinqufness of vice ; the fatirical writ- ings therefore of fuch a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals , without difcovering ...
... sense of ridicule , fo re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinqufness of vice ; the fatirical writ- ings therefore of fuch a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals , without difcovering ...
Page 59
... sense , how much thinking , how much ob- fervation on human life , is condenfed to- gether in a small compafs . He was so ac- cuftomed to confine his thoughts in rhyme , that he tells us , he could exprefs them more shortly this way ...
... sense , how much thinking , how much ob- fervation on human life , is condenfed to- gether in a small compafs . He was so ac- cuftomed to confine his thoughts in rhyme , that he tells us , he could exprefs them more shortly this way ...
Page 87
... senses different objects strike † . A didactic poet who has happily in- dulged himself in bolder flights of enthu- * Ver . 120 . + Ver . 127 . 1 G 4 fiafi , 1 fiafm , fupported by a more figurative stile , than AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 87.
... senses different objects strike † . A didactic poet who has happily in- dulged himself in bolder flights of enthu- * Ver . 120 . + Ver . 127 . 1 G 4 fiafi , 1 fiafm , fupported by a more figurative stile , than AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 87.
Page 212
... sense enabled him to see the fol- Il n'aimoit point le Cour , ( fays Fontenelle , fpeaking of his uncle Corneille ) il y apportoit un vifage prefqu ' in- connu , un grand nom qui ne s ' attiroit que des louanges , & un merite qui n ...
... sense enabled him to see the fol- Il n'aimoit point le Cour , ( fays Fontenelle , fpeaking of his uncle Corneille ) il y apportoit un vifage prefqu ' in- connu , un grand nom qui ne s ' attiroit que des louanges , & un merite qui n ...
Page 213
... give ; The good their virtue would effect , or sense , Dies , between exigents and felf - defence . Yet he appears fometimes to have forgotten this candid reflection . P 3 SECT . SECT . XI . Of the EPISTLE to DR . AND WRITINGS OF POPE .
... give ; The good their virtue would effect , or sense , Dies , between exigents and felf - defence . Yet he appears fometimes to have forgotten this candid reflection . P 3 SECT . SECT . XI . Of the EPISTLE to DR . AND WRITINGS OF POPE .
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