An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 59
... Effay be uncommonly tran- fcendent and peculiar , it is , BREVITY OF DICTION ; which , in a few inftances , and thofe pardonable , has occafioned obscurity . It is hardly to be imagined how much sense , how much thinking , how much ob ...
... Effay be uncommonly tran- fcendent and peculiar , it is , BREVITY OF DICTION ; which , in a few inftances , and thofe pardonable , has occafioned obscurity . It is hardly to be imagined how much sense , how much thinking , how much ob ...
Page 60
... admired the whole * . " THE subject of this Effay is a vindication of providence , in which the poet propofes * Letters , vol . LX . pag . 140 . to to prove , that of all poffible fyftems , in- 60 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... admired the whole * . " THE subject of this Effay is a vindication of providence , in which the poet propofes * Letters , vol . LX . pag . 140 . to to prove , that of all poffible fyftems , in- 60 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 62
... Effay on Man , in the hand - writing of Boling- broke , and drawn up in a series of propo- fitions , which POPE was to verfify and illuftrate . In doing which , our poet , it must be confeffed , left several paffages fo expreffed , as ...
... Effay on Man , in the hand - writing of Boling- broke , and drawn up in a series of propo- fitions , which POPE was to verfify and illuftrate . In doing which , our poet , it must be confeffed , left several paffages fo expreffed , as ...
Page 66
... Effay . 4. Prefumptuous man ! the reason would'st thou find , Why form'd fo weak , so little and so blind ? First if thou can't the harder reafon guefs , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less * . VOLTAIRE , in the late additions ...
... Effay . 4. Prefumptuous man ! the reason would'st thou find , Why form'd fo weak , so little and so blind ? First if thou can't the harder reafon guefs , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less * . VOLTAIRE , in the late additions ...
Page 67
... Effay , and interesting the reader . 6. The foul uneafy , and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates in a life to come . In former editions it used to be printed at home ; but this expreffion feeming to exclude a future existence ...
... Effay , and interesting the reader . 6. The foul uneafy , and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates in a life to come . In former editions it used to be printed at home ; but this expreffion feeming to exclude a future existence ...
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