An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... speak no more of it . THE Imitation of Spenfer is the fecond ; 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 ...
... speak no more of it . THE Imitation of Spenfer is the fecond ; 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 ...
Page 38
... Speaking of his imitations , POPE faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a defign of giving a taste of all the Greek poets ; I would have translated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . fo that I would have ...
... Speaking of his imitations , POPE faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a defign of giving a taste of all the Greek poets ; I would have translated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . fo that I would have ...
Page 67
... speak the plain truth , it was intended to do , it was altered to from home , not only with great injury to the harmony of the line , but also , to the reafoning of the context . • * Quevres de Voltaire . Tom . iv . pag . 227 . + Ver ...
... speak the plain truth , it was intended to do , it was altered to from home , not only with great injury to the harmony of the line , but also , to the reafoning of the context . • * Quevres de Voltaire . Tom . iv . pag . 227 . + Ver ...
Page 85
... speaking of which POPE was fond , ftudious as he was of brevity , and which often betrayed him into the fame fault : Paffions , that court an aim , is furely a ftrange expreffion . 25. In lazy apathy let Stoics boast Their virtue fix'd ...
... speaking of which POPE was fond , ftudious as he was of brevity , and which often betrayed him into the fame fault : Paffions , that court an aim , is furely a ftrange expreffion . 25. In lazy apathy let Stoics boast Their virtue fix'd ...
Page 119
... speak of him as a being of a fuperior order , that had condefcended to vifit this lower world ; in particular , when the laft comet appeared and approached near the earth , he told fome of his acquaintance , it was fent only to convey ...
... speak of him as a being of a fuperior order , that had condefcended to vifit this lower world ; in particular , when the laft comet appeared and approached near the earth , he told fome of his acquaintance , it was fent only to convey ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton Volume 2 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. In Two Volumes, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Dodsley, 1782 |
| Original from | University of Lausanne |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
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