An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 23
Page 10
... a stroke of humour ; for in the original , she naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome : the lines must be transcribed . * Ver . 359 . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... a stroke of humour ; for in the original , she naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome : the lines must be transcribed . * Ver . 359 . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 17
... the appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noise , Such as the Majesty of grief destroys : VOL . II . C : For For bending o'er the cup , the tears she shed AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 17.
... the appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noise , Such as the Majesty of grief destroys : VOL . II . C : For For bending o'er the cup , the tears she shed AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 17.
Page 18
Joseph Warton. For bending o'er the cup , the tears she shed Seem'd by the posture to discharge her head , O'erfill'd before ; and oft ( her mouth apply'd To the cold heart ) she kiss'd at once and cry'd . There is an incomparable ...
Joseph Warton. For bending o'er the cup , the tears she shed Seem'd by the posture to discharge her head , O'erfill'd before ; and oft ( her mouth apply'd To the cold heart ) she kiss'd at once and cry'd . There is an incomparable ...
Page 25
... she walks her dreadful round } When night with sable wings o'erspreads the ground ; Devours young babes before their parent's eyes , And feeds and thrives on public miseries * . Oedipus , in Statius , behaves with the fury B. I. ver ...
... she walks her dreadful round } When night with sable wings o'erspreads the ground ; Devours young babes before their parent's eyes , And feeds and thrives on public miseries * . Oedipus , in Statius , behaves with the fury B. I. ver ...
Page 33
... she speech from tongues that never cease . SLANDER beside her , like a magpie chatters , With ENVY ( spitting cat ) dread foe to peace ; Like a curs'd cur , MALICE before her clatters , And vexing every wight , tears cloaths and all to ...
... she speech from tongues that never cease . SLANDER beside her , like a magpie chatters , With ENVY ( spitting cat ) dread foe to peace ; Like a curs'd cur , MALICE before her clatters , And vexing every wight , tears cloaths and all to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adamo Addiſon addreſſed Æneid almoſt alſo anſwered beauty becauſe beſt Biſhop Boileau Bolingbroke cauſe character circumſtance Demetrius Phalereus deſcription deſign Dryden Dunciad elegant Engliſh epiſtle Eſſay eſt Euripides excellent expreſſed expreſſion faid fame fatire fays finiſhed firſt fome genius Hiſtory Horace houſe humour imitation infert intereſting juſt laſt letter lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lucretius malè Milton moſt muſe muſt nature obſerved occafion paffion paſſage paſſion perſon philoſopher piece pleaſing pleaſure poem poet poetry POPE Pope's preſent publiſhed purpoſe Quintilian raiſe reaſon repreſented reſpect reſt ſaid ſame ſatire ſays ſcarce SCENA ſecond ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſenſible ſentiments ſerve ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhould ſome ſometimes ſon ſpeak ſpecies ſpirit ſtate Statius ſtill ſtory ſtriking ſtrong ſtudy ſtyle ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed Swift taſte theſe thing thoſe tranflation univerſal uſed uſual verſe Virgil Voltaire whoſe words writer δε