An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 32
... answered to all * . These images , one would have thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with so much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . * Book II ...
... answered to all * . These images , one would have thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with so much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . * Book II ...
Page 54
... 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.
... 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 95
... answered by so many enjoyments ? Now if there are still to be found among mankind , such as even in the midst of these wants seem not ashamed to affect a right of independency , and deny them- selves to be by nature sociable ; where ...
... answered by so many enjoyments ? Now if there are still to be found among mankind , such as even in the midst of these wants seem not ashamed to affect a right of independency , and deny them- selves to be by nature sociable ; where ...
Page 140
... answered the incorrigible bard , I defire to hear no more of them , if you cannot describe them in a purer style . Both these stories would have shone under the hands of POPE . THIS doctrine of our author may be farther illustrated by ...
... answered the incorrigible bard , I defire to hear no more of them , if you cannot describe them in a purer style . Both these stories would have shone under the hands of POPE . THIS doctrine of our author may be farther illustrated by ...
Page 318
... answered Maupertuis , and told him , I would lay a wager , I could easily put my finger on those passages which the King diflikes . " In page 166 , he thus speaks of Voltaire ; Quant à Voltaire , il a trop d'esprit pour m'entendre ...
... answered Maupertuis , and told him , I would lay a wager , I could easily put my finger on those passages which the King diflikes . " In page 166 , he thus speaks of Voltaire ; Quant à Voltaire , il a trop d'esprit pour m'entendre ...
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