An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 34
... Observations on the Faery Queen , pag . 2 , 3 , 4. " How happened it , says Mr. Hurd , that Sir Philip Sydney in his Arcadia , and afterwards Spenser in his Faery Queen , obferved fo unnatural a conduct in those works ; in which the ...
... Observations on the Faery Queen , pag . 2 , 3 , 4. " How happened it , says Mr. Hurd , that Sir Philip Sydney in his Arcadia , and afterwards Spenser in his Faery Queen , obferved fo unnatural a conduct in those works ; in which the ...
Page 63
... observe , that the metaphors in the fucceeding lines , drawn from the field fports of fetting and fhooting , feem below the dignity of the fubject ; especially , EYE nature's walks , SHOOT folly as it flies , And CATCH the manners ...
... observe , that the metaphors in the fucceeding lines , drawn from the field fports of fetting and fhooting , feem below the dignity of the fubject ; especially , EYE nature's walks , SHOOT folly as it flies , And CATCH the manners ...
Page 89
... observation plainly taken from La Rochefoucault . " " Tis a mistake to believe that none but the violent paffions , fuch as ambition and love , are able to tri- umph over the other paffions . Laziness , as languid as it is , often gets ...
... observation plainly taken from La Rochefoucault . " " Tis a mistake to believe that none but the violent paffions , fuch as ambition and love , are able to tri- umph over the other paffions . Laziness , as languid as it is , often gets ...
Page 207
... perfonification is taken , though it happens not to be observed by any of his com- mentators , from the Hero and Leander of Musæus , V. 280 . 38. And 38. And scarce are feen the proftrate NILE or RHINE AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 207.
... perfonification is taken , though it happens not to be observed by any of his com- mentators , from the Hero and Leander of Musæus , V. 280 . 38. And 38. And scarce are feen the proftrate NILE or RHINE AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 207.
Page 276
... observe ( from the old Commentator * ) that the verbs tranfnanto , and habento , are , in the very ftyle of the Roman law , " Vide ut directis jurifconfultorum verbis utitur ad Trebatium jurifconfultum . 2. Aut fi tantus amor fcribendi ...
... observe ( from the old Commentator * ) that the verbs tranfnanto , and habento , are , in the very ftyle of the Roman law , " Vide ut directis jurifconfultorum verbis utitur ad Trebatium jurifconfultum . 2. Aut fi tantus amor fcribendi ...
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