An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... pleafing and virtuous fentiments , expreffed without any affectation , so that he appears to be one of the beft profe writers of his time . one one of his imitations of Horace , has exhibited the AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 43.
... pleafing and virtuous fentiments , expreffed without any affectation , so that he appears to be one of the beft profe writers of his time . one one of his imitations of Horace , has exhibited the AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 43.
Page 62
... expreffed , as to be favourable to fatalism and neceflity , notwithstanding all the pains that can be taken , and the turns that can be given to thofe paffages , to place them on the fide of religion , and make them coincide with the ...
... expreffed , as to be favourable to fatalism and neceflity , notwithstanding all the pains that can be taken , and the turns that can be given to thofe paffages , to place them on the fide of religion , and make them coincide with the ...
Page 102
... * . Pain is forcibly expreffed by the action defcribed in the fecond line , and by the epithet tremulas . * Lib . v . ver . 991 . 39. The 39. The shrine with gore unftain'd , with gold undrest 102 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... * . Pain is forcibly expreffed by the action defcribed in the fecond line , and by the epithet tremulas . * Lib . v . ver . 991 . 39. The 39. The shrine with gore unftain'd , with gold undrest 102 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 103
... expreffed , and the circumstance of betraying his own species , is an unexpected and ftriking addition to the foregoing fentiment . Thomson has enlarged on this doctrine , with that tenderness and humanity for which he was fo justly ...
... expreffed , and the circumstance of betraying his own species , is an unexpected and ftriking addition to the foregoing fentiment . Thomson has enlarged on this doctrine , with that tenderness and humanity for which he was fo justly ...
Page 117
... expreffed with vigour and concifenefs . 51. Self - love but ferves the virtuous mind to wake , As the fmall pebble ftirs the peaceful lake + . * Dodfley's Mifcellanies , vol . iv . The Vanity of Human Wishes , by Mr. Johnfon . ↑ Ver ...
... expreffed with vigour and concifenefs . 51. Self - love but ferves the virtuous mind to wake , As the fmall pebble ftirs the peaceful lake + . * Dodfley's Mifcellanies , vol . iv . The Vanity of Human Wishes , by Mr. Johnfon . ↑ Ver ...
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