An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 49
... study the history of learning , that the gross licentiousness and applauded debauchery of Charles the Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progress of polite literature and the fine arts that began to revive after the ...
... study the history of learning , that the gross licentiousness and applauded debauchery of Charles the Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progress of polite literature and the fine arts that began to revive after the ...
Page 54
... to an expression of POPE , as not being the purest English , Swift answered with his usual roughness- " I could never get the block- head to study his grammar . " Hey - day , Hey - day , gentlemen , says the Dean , 54 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... to an expression of POPE , as not being the purest English , Swift answered with his usual roughness- " I could never get the block- head to study his grammar . " Hey - day , Hey - day , gentlemen , says the Dean , 54 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 78
... Study a mite , not comprehend the skies . Which lines at present stand thus , 1 How instinct varies in the grovling swine , Compar'd , half - reas'ning elephant , with thine . Ver . 251 . Say - Say what the use , were finer optics giv'n ...
... Study a mite , not comprehend the skies . Which lines at present stand thus , 1 How instinct varies in the grovling swine , Compar'd , half - reas'ning elephant , with thine . Ver . 251 . Say - Say what the use , were finer optics giv'n ...
Page 127
... STUDY life ; " cry the unlettered men of the world : but that world cannot be known merely by that study alone . The dread of pedantry is a characteristic folly of the present age . We adopted it from the French , without confidering ...
... STUDY life ; " cry the unlettered men of the world : but that world cannot be known merely by that study alone . The dread of pedantry is a characteristic folly of the present age . We adopted it from the French , without confidering ...
Page 151
... study painting , are struck at first with the pieces of the most vivid colouring ; they are almost * See what Dionyfius says of Ifocrates , p . 99 , v . 2 . Edit , Sylb . There are no antitheses in Demosthenes . L4 . 1 ashamed to own ...
... study painting , are struck at first with the pieces of the most vivid colouring ; they are almost * See what Dionyfius says of Ifocrates , p . 99 , v . 2 . Edit , Sylb . There are no antitheses in Demosthenes . L4 . 1 ashamed to own ...
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