An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... finished at one fitting . " And imme- diately he fhewed him this ode , which places the British lyric poetry above that of any other nation . This anecdote , as true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to POPE , by POPE ...
... finished at one fitting . " And imme- diately he fhewed him this ode , which places the British lyric poetry above that of any other nation . This anecdote , as true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to POPE , by POPE ...
Page 58
... finish it . And the English Garden of Mr. Ma- fon must not be omitted . us ; THE ESSAY ON MAN is as close a piece of argument , admitting its principles , as perhaps can be found in verfe . POPE in- forms us in his FIRST preface ...
... finish it . And the English Garden of Mr. Ma- fon must not be omitted . us ; THE ESSAY ON MAN is as close a piece of argument , admitting its principles , as perhaps can be found in verfe . POPE in- forms us in his FIRST preface ...
Page 101
... finished ; fuch objects are more fuited to the nature of poetry than abstract ideas . Every verb and epithet has here a defcriptive force . We find more imagery from these lines to the end of the epistle , than in any other parts of ...
... finished ; fuch objects are more fuited to the nature of poetry than abstract ideas . Every verb and epithet has here a defcriptive force . We find more imagery from these lines to the end of the epistle , than in any other parts of ...
Page 123
... finished . The fourth he is now intent upon . It is a noble fubject : he pleads the cause of God . I ufe Seneca's expreffion against that famous charge which atheists in all ages have brought , the fuppofed unequal difpenfations of ...
... finished . The fourth he is now intent upon . It is a noble fubject : he pleads the cause of God . I ufe Seneca's expreffion against that famous charge which atheists in all ages have brought , the fuppofed unequal difpenfations of ...
Page 127
... finished touches of LA BRUYERE . But the Epiftles we are now entering upon will place the matter beyond a difpute ; for the French can boast of no author who has fo much exhaufted the fcience of morals , as POPE has in these five ...
... finished touches of LA BRUYERE . But the Epiftles we are now entering upon will place the matter beyond a difpute ; for the French can boast of no author who has fo much exhaufted the fcience of morals , as POPE has in these five ...
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