An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... occafion for ftories of diftreffed damfels on the point of being devoured by dragons , and delivered at fuch a critical feafon by their favourite knights . Some faint tra- ditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and ...
... occafion for ftories of diftreffed damfels on the point of being devoured by dragons , and delivered at fuch a critical feafon by their favourite knights . Some faint tra- ditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and ...
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... occafion . The mind is whirled away by a torrent of rapid imagery , and pro- priety is forgot . THE tale of Sigifinonda and Guifcardo is heightened with many new and affecting touches by Dryden . I shall select only the following ...
... occafion . The mind is whirled away by a torrent of rapid imagery , and pro- priety is forgot . THE tale of Sigifinonda and Guifcardo is heightened with many new and affecting touches by Dryden . I shall select only the following ...
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... occafion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , hap- pening to pay a morning vifit to Dryden , whom he always refpected † , found him in an unusual agitation of fpirits , even to a trembling . On ...
... occafion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , hap- pening to pay a morning vifit to Dryden , whom he always refpected † , found him in an unusual agitation of fpirits , even to a trembling . On ...
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... of Bernardo Taffo , the father of Torquato , in which is this paffage . " Ne fò io s'Ariftotele nafceffe a quefta età , et vedeffe il vaghiffimo poema on this occafion , let us ftop a moment and 34 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... of Bernardo Taffo , the father of Torquato , in which is this paffage . " Ne fò io s'Ariftotele nafceffe a quefta età , et vedeffe il vaghiffimo poema on this occafion , let us ftop a moment and 34 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Joseph Warton. on this occafion , let us ftop a moment and take one attentive look at the allegorical figures that rife to our view in the follow- ing lines ; By that way's fide there fate infernal Pain , And faft befide him fat ...
Joseph Warton. on this occafion , let us ftop a moment and take one attentive look at the allegorical figures that rife to our view in the follow- ing lines ; By that way's fide there fate infernal Pain , And faft befide him fat ...
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