An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 31
... almoft tempted to think , if it were poffible , had been contrived as a contraft , or rather burlefque , of a most exquisite stanza in the FAERY QUEEN . The fnappifh cur , ( the paffengers annoy ) Clofe at my heel with yelping treble ...
... almoft tempted to think , if it were poffible , had been contrived as a contraft , or rather burlefque , of a most exquisite stanza in the FAERY QUEEN . The fnappifh cur , ( the paffengers annoy ) Clofe at my heel with yelping treble ...
Page 33
... almoft all his readers . " This effect , fays he , [ Hiftory of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is ufually afcribed to the change of man- ners ; but manners have more changed fince Homer's age , yet that poet ...
... almoft all his readers . " This effect , fays he , [ Hiftory of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is ufually afcribed to the change of man- ners ; but manners have more changed fince Homer's age , yet that poet ...
Page 77
... almoft tempted to re- tract an affertion in the beginning of this work , that there is nothing transcendently fublime in POPE . Thefe lines have all the energy and harmony that can be given to rhyme . They bear fo marvellous a fimi ...
... almoft tempted to re- tract an affertion in the beginning of this work , that there is nothing transcendently fublime in POPE . Thefe lines have all the energy and harmony that can be given to rhyme . They bear fo marvellous a fimi ...
Page 205
... . in that book , there are many inaccurate and almoft ungrammatical ex- preffions : thefe were the very first publications of Swift . late late writers , who feem to have miftaken ftiffness for AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 205.
... . in that book , there are many inaccurate and almoft ungrammatical ex- preffions : thefe were the very first publications of Swift . late late writers , who feem to have miftaken ftiffness for AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 205.
Page 341
... almoft overfets his body . Fodit latus lævum candidati no- menclator ; alacris nimium & cupidus candidatus ita pro- tendit dextram , ut æquilibrium pæne perdat . And Ovid ufes pondera in this fenfe ; Ponderibus librata fuis , Met , i ...
... almoft overfets his body . Fodit latus lævum candidati no- menclator ; alacris nimium & cupidus candidatus ita pro- tendit dextram , ut æquilibrium pæne perdat . And Ovid ufes pondera in this fenfe ; Ponderibus librata fuis , Met , i ...
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