An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... natural strokes , with fuch quaintness in his reflections , and fuch a drynefs and archness of humour , as cannot fail to excite laughter . OUR Prior has happily caught his manner , in many of his lighter tales ; partiIt is to be ...
... natural strokes , with fuch quaintness in his reflections , and fuch a drynefs and archness of humour , as cannot fail to excite laughter . OUR Prior has happily caught his manner , in many of his lighter tales ; partiIt is to be ...
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... nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tremendous idea . * These paffages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for ...
... nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tremendous idea . * These paffages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for ...
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... nature is thus faid to fympathize at the fecond appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with his naked sword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runsThe fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the foreft ...
... nature is thus faid to fympathize at the fecond appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with his naked sword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runsThe fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the foreft ...
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... nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and fpirit ; but his images are gigantic and outrageous , and ... natural . They are perpetually grasping at the vaft , the wonderful , and the terrible . “ Καν έκαςον αυτών προς αυτας ...
... nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and fpirit ; but his images are gigantic and outrageous , and ... natural . They are perpetually grasping at the vaft , the wonderful , and the terrible . “ Καν έκαςον αυτών προς αυτας ...
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... nature , than almoft any writer I can recollect . There is an affemblage of difgufting and difagreeable founds , in the following stanza of POPE , which one is almoft tempted to think , if it were poffible , had been contrived as a ...
... nature , than almoft any writer I can recollect . There is an affemblage of difgufting and difagreeable founds , in the following stanza of POPE , which one is almoft tempted to think , if it were poffible , had been contrived as a ...
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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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