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 language , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticism 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 language , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these ...
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... on Dryden . It must be owned , that his ode on the power of mufic , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most unrivalled C 2 rivalled of his compofitions . By that ftrange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19.
... on Dryden . It must be owned , that his ode on the power of mufic , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most unrivalled C 2 rivalled of his compofitions . By that ftrange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19.
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... mufic . The joyous birds fhrouded in chearful fhade , 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 fhade , 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 thein * . 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 thein * . 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 fpheres , 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 fpheres , 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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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton Volume 2 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. In Two Volumes, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Dodsley, 1782 |
| Original from | University of Lausanne |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
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