An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... mufic ode . The warmth and melody of these pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticifm is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these ...
... mufic ode . The warmth and melody of these pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticifm is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these ...
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... ode on the power of mufic , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most un- rivalled C 2 rivalled of his compofitions . By that ftrange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19 and I place them laft, as I think them ...
... ode on the power of mufic , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most un- rivalled C 2 rivalled of his compofitions . By that ftrange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19 and I place them laft, as I think them ...
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... mufic . The joyous birds fhrouded in chearful shade , Their notes unto the voice attempred sweet ; Th ' angelical , foft trembling voices made To th ' inftruments divine refpondence meet ; The filver - founding inftruments did meet With ...
... mufic . The joyous birds fhrouded in chearful shade , Their notes unto the voice attempred sweet ; Th ' angelical , foft trembling voices made To th ' inftruments divine refpondence meet ; The filver - founding inftruments did meet With ...
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... mufic than either of them * . A poet who addreffes his pieces to living characters , and confines himself to the fubjects and anecdotes of his own . times , like this courtly author , bids fairer to become popular , than he that is em ...
... mufic than either of them * . A poet who addreffes his pieces to living characters , and confines himself to the fubjects and anecdotes of his own . times , like this courtly author , bids fairer to become popular , than he that is em ...
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... mufic of the spheres , How would he wish that heav'n had left him ftill The whispering zephyr , and the purling rill + ? It is justly objected , that the argument required an inftance drawn from real found , and not from the imaginary mufic ...
... mufic of the spheres , How would he wish that heav'n had left him ftill The whispering zephyr , and the purling rill + ? It is justly objected , that the argument required an inftance drawn from real found , and not from the imaginary mufic ...
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