An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... spirit of POPE's youthful translation , I shall felect the following paffage . He fends a monfter horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the depth of hell . The peft a virgin's face and bofom wears ; High on a crown a rifing fnake ...
... spirit of POPE's youthful translation , I shall felect the following paffage . He fends a monfter horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the depth of hell . The peft a virgin's face and bofom wears ; High on a crown a rifing fnake ...
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... spirit with this fpell Of my own teaching I am caught . * 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 tranflated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar ...
... spirit with this fpell Of my own teaching I am caught . * 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 tranflated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar ...
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... spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allufion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit . Æternorum operum cuftos fidelis , Quæftorque gazæ nobilioris , Quam cui ...
... spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allufion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit . Æternorum operum cuftos fidelis , Quæftorque gazæ nobilioris , Quam cui ...
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... spirit of Demofthenes , and an image worthy of the genius of Homer * , 45. Such is the world's great harmony , that fprings From order , union , full confent of things t THERE is no where to be found fo per- fect an illuftration of this ...
... spirit of Demofthenes , and an image worthy of the genius of Homer * , 45. Such is the world's great harmony , that fprings From order , union , full confent of things t THERE is no where to be found fo per- fect an illuftration of this ...
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... spirit of Alceus ; if it be not a kind of profanation to speak thus , of any pro- duction of a poet that writes under a de- Spotic government . * Ver . 90 . 7. Alas 7. Alas in truth the man but chang'd his mind 134 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... spirit of Alceus ; if it be not a kind of profanation to speak thus , of any pro- duction of a poet that writes under a de- Spotic government . * Ver . 90 . 7. Alas 7. Alas in truth the man but chang'd his mind 134 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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