An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... fecond of which was thought to contain a heavy anti- climax . Grac'd as thou art with all the power of words , Known to the Courts , the Commons and the Lords . The unexpected flatnefs and familiarity of the laft line was thus ridiculed ...
... fecond of which was thought to contain a heavy anti- climax . Grac'd as thou art with all the power of words , Known to the Courts , the Commons and the Lords . The unexpected flatnefs and familiarity of the laft line was thus ridiculed ...
Page 102
... vellent * . Pain is forcibly expreffed by the action de- fcribed in the fecond line , and by the epi- thet tremulas . * Lib . v . ver . 991 . 39. The 39. The shrine with gore unftain'd , with gold undrest 102 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... vellent * . Pain is forcibly expreffed by the action de- fcribed in the fecond line , and by the epi- thet tremulas . * Lib . v . ver . 991 . 39. The 39. The shrine with gore unftain'd , with gold undrest 102 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 117
... fecond , at line 259 , on the inconveniences that attend fuperior parts and talents , are replete with strong fense , and a penetrating knowledge of men and things , expreffed with vigour and con- cifenefs . 51. Self - love but ferves ...
... fecond , at line 259 , on the inconveniences that attend fuperior parts and talents , are replete with strong fense , and a penetrating knowledge of men and things , expreffed with vigour and con- cifenefs . 51. Self - love but ferves ...
Page 118
... fecond is conceived with peculiar felicity ; all Nature does not per- haps afford fo fit and close an application . It is indeed equally new , philofophical , and poetical . On their own axis as the planets run , Yet make at once their ...
... fecond is conceived with peculiar felicity ; all Nature does not per- haps afford fo fit and close an application . It is indeed equally new , philofophical , and poetical . On their own axis as the planets run , Yet make at once their ...
Page 123
... fecond , which considers him in his own habitation , in himself , and relatively to his own particular fyftem . And the third , which fhews how an universal caufe works to one end , but works by various laws : how man , and beaft , and ...
... fecond , which considers him in his own habitation , in himself , and relatively to his own particular fyftem . And the third , which fhews how an universal caufe works to one end , but works by various laws : how man , and beaft , and ...
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