An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... natural ftrokes , with fuch quaintness in his reflections , and fuch a drynefs and archness of humour , as cannot fail to excite laugh- ter . OUR Prior has happily caught his man- ner , in many of his lighter tales ; parti- It is to be ...
... natural ftrokes , with fuch quaintness in his reflections , and fuch a drynefs and archness of humour , as cannot fail to excite laugh- ter . OUR Prior has happily caught his man- ner , in many of his lighter tales ; parti- It 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 second appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with his naked sword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runs- The fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the ...
... nature is thus faid to fympathize at the second appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with his naked sword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runs- The fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the ...
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... nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and fpirit ; but his images are gi- gantic and outrageous , and ... natural . They are perpetually grasping at the vaft , the wonderful , and the terrible . σε Καν έκαςον αυτών προς ...
... nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and fpirit ; but his images are gi- gantic and outrageous , and ... natural . They are perpetually grasping at the vaft , the wonderful , and the terrible . σε Καν έκαςον αυτών προς ...
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... nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an affemblage of disgusting and difagreeable founds , in the following ftanza of POPE , which one is almoft tempted to think , if it were poffible , had been contrived as a ...
... nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an affemblage of disgusting and difagreeable founds , in the following ftanza of POPE , which one is almoft tempted to think , if it were poffible , had been contrived as a ...
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