An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... paffion in his love verfes , and that one elegy of Tibullus , fo well imitated by Hammond , excels a volume of the most refined panegyric . THE next imitation is of COWLEY , in two pieces , on a garden , and on weeping , in which POPE ...
... paffion in his love verfes , and that one elegy of Tibullus , fo well imitated by Hammond , excels a volume of the most refined panegyric . THE next imitation is of COWLEY , in two pieces , on a garden , and on weeping , in which POPE ...
Page 81
... paffion toft , And in the fhorelefs fea of folly loft ; But thou , what vice diforders , canft compose , And profit by the malice of thy foes ; So blending good with evil , fair with foul , As thence to model one harmonious WHOLE . 21 ...
... paffion toft , And in the fhorelefs fea of folly loft ; But thou , what vice diforders , canft compose , And profit by the malice of thy foes ; So blending good with evil , fair with foul , As thence to model one harmonious WHOLE . 21 ...
Page 84
... Paffions , 24. Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means I 84 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS is not indeed any part of knowledge which ...
... Paffions , 24. Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means I 84 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS is not indeed any part of knowledge which ...
Page 85
... Paffions , that court an aim , is furely a strange expreffion . 25. In lazy apathy let Stoics boast Their virtue fix'd ! ' tis fix'd as in a frost ; Contracted all , retiring to the breast ; The ftrength of mind is exercife , not rest ...
... Paffions , that court an aim , is furely a strange expreffion . 25. In lazy apathy let Stoics boast Their virtue fix'd ! ' tis fix'd as in a frost ; Contracted all , retiring to the breast ; The ftrength of mind is exercife , not rest ...
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... paffion , He that would be convinced that this trite accufation is ill - grounded , may confult the notes Mr. Harris has added to his third treatise * . There he will find the genuine doctrines of the Stoics examined with ac- curacy and ...
... paffion , He that would be convinced that this trite accufation is ill - grounded , may confult the notes Mr. Harris has added to his third treatise * . There he will find the genuine doctrines of the Stoics examined with ac- curacy and ...
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