An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 38
... addreffed , on her finging a fong of his compofing .. Chloris , yourself you fo excell , When you That like a spirit with this fpell Of my own teaching I am caught . vouchsafe to breathe my thought , * Speaking of his imitations , POPE ...
... addreffed , on her finging a fong of his compofing .. Chloris , yourself you fo excell , When you That like a spirit with this fpell Of my own teaching I am caught . vouchsafe to breathe my thought , * Speaking of his imitations , POPE ...
Page 96
... addreffed , the latter , fqueezing his hand with earneftnefs , faid- " This is one of the best truths you have ever uttered . I am not one of those sublime geniuses of whom you fpeak ; but fuch as I am , I must declare I have never ...
... addreffed , the latter , fqueezing his hand with earneftnefs , faid- " This is one of the best truths you have ever uttered . I am not one of those sublime geniuses of whom you fpeak ; but fuch as I am , I must declare I have never ...
Page 121
... addreffed a vindication of the principles of the Effay on Man to Racine , who had charged it with Spinozism and irreligion . This produced a letter from POPE to Racine , which concludes with these remarkable words . " I declare ...
... addreffed a vindication of the principles of the Effay on Man to Racine , who had charged it with Spinozism and irreligion . This produced a letter from POPE to Racine , which concludes with these remarkable words . " I declare ...
Page 158
... addreffed to himself , in this edition converted into a dialogue ; in which , " faid he , " I perceive I really make but a fhabby and indifferent figure , and contribute very little to the spirit of the dialogue , if it must be a ...
... addreffed to himself , in this edition converted into a dialogue ; in which , " faid he , " I perceive I really make but a fhabby and indifferent figure , and contribute very little to the spirit of the dialogue , if it must be a ...
Page 163
... addreffed to CICERO : this being the method the French philofopher took to acquaint us with his own thoughts . Questions fur l'Encyclopedie , 9 partie , p . 348. So inconclufive and unphilofophical an affertion , deserves no ferious ...
... addreffed to CICERO : this being the method the French philofopher took to acquaint us with his own thoughts . Questions fur l'Encyclopedie , 9 partie , p . 348. So inconclufive and unphilofophical an affertion , deserves no ferious ...
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Adamo Addiſon addreffed againſt alfo almoft alſo beauty becauſe beſt Biſhop Boileau Bolingbroke cauſe cenfure character circumftance defign Demetrius Phalereus Dryden Dunciad Effay elegant epiftle Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiment fhall fhewed fhould finiſhed firft firſt fome fpeaking fpirit ftill ftriking ftrong fubject fuch genius Hiftory himſelf Horace humour Iliad imitation inferted juft juſt laft laſt letter lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lucretius malè Milton moft moſt mufic muſt nature obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffed paffion perfon philofopher piece pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry POPE POPE's prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe Quintilian reaſon ridicule ſay SCENA ſhall Sophocles ſpeak ſtate Statius ſtrokes ſtyle Swift tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe tranflation ufual uſed verfe verſe Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe words writer δε και