An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 43
... epistle also , well worthy perusal , to his friend Mat . Clifford * , at the end of the fame volume . POPE † , in * Settle was assisted in writing the Anti - Achitophel by Clifford , and others the best wits of that time , who com ...
... epistle also , well worthy perusal , to his friend Mat . Clifford * , at the end of the fame volume . POPE † , in * Settle was assisted in writing the Anti - Achitophel by Clifford , and others the best wits of that time , who com ...
Page 51
... fo . " - In POPE's imitation of the fixth epistle of Horace , there were two remarkable lines , the : E2 objects as they really exist in life , like Ha- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 51 judicious M. de Montesquieu, who in his ...
... fo . " - In POPE's imitation of the fixth epistle of Horace , there were two remarkable lines , the : E2 objects as they really exist in life , like Ha- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 51 judicious M. de Montesquieu, who in his ...
Page 72
... Epistle the poet seems to have remarkably laboured his style , which abounds in various figures , and is much elevated . POPE has practised the great fecret of Virgil's art , which was to discover the very fingle epithet that precifely ...
... Epistle the poet seems to have remarkably laboured his style , which abounds in various figures , and is much elevated . POPE has practised the great fecret of Virgil's art , which was to discover the very fingle epithet that precifely ...
Page 83
... epistles on it , wherein he would have treated of the extent and limits of human reason , of arts and sciences useful and attainable , of the different capacities of different men , of the knowledge of the world , and of wit . Such ...
... epistles on it , wherein he would have treated of the extent and limits of human reason , of arts and sciences useful and attainable , of the different capacities of different men , of the knowledge of the world , and of wit . Such ...
Page 101
... epistle , than in any other parts of this Essay . The origin of the con- nexions in focial life , the account of the state of nature , the rife and effects of super- stition and tyranny , and the restoration of true religion and just ...
... epistle , than in any other parts of this Essay . The origin of the con- nexions in focial life , the account of the state of nature , the rife and effects of super- stition and tyranny , and the restoration of true religion and just ...
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