An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... , he defired to be painted with a Spenfer in his hand . † Book iii . c . 11 . I Пep ur . Sec . 15 . IT IT has been fafhionable of late to imitate Spenfer , 5 36 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS Here all is in life and motion; here we ...
... , he defired to be painted with a Spenfer in his hand . † Book iii . c . 11 . I Пep ur . Sec . 15 . IT IT has been fafhionable of late to imitate Spenfer , 5 36 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS Here all is in life and motion; here we ...
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Joseph Warton. objects as they really exift in life , like Ha- garth's paintings , without heightening or enlarging them , and without adding any imaginary circumftances . In this way of writing , Swift excelled ; witness his de ...
Joseph Warton. objects as they really exift in life , like Ha- garth's paintings , without heightening or enlarging them , and without adding any imaginary circumftances . In this way of writing , Swift excelled ; witness his de ...
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... paint those in- confiftencies of conduct , to which a vo- latile fancy is thought to incline the fex . And this he exemplifies in the contrarieties that may be discovered in the characters of the AFFECTED , the SOFT - NATURED , the ...
... paint those in- confiftencies of conduct , to which a vo- latile fancy is thought to incline the fex . And this he exemplifies in the contrarieties that may be discovered in the characters of the AFFECTED , the SOFT - NATURED , the ...
Page 168
... painted the dying Dido , as powerfully as the pencil of Reynolds has done , when he is just dead , BUT none of the Roman writers has dif- played a greater force and vigour of ima- gination than TACITUS ; who was in truth * Æn . iv , 688 ...
... painted the dying Dido , as powerfully as the pencil of Reynolds has done , when he is just dead , BUT none of the Roman writers has dif- played a greater force and vigour of ima- gination than TACITUS ; who was in truth * Æn . iv , 688 ...
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... paint and adorn every ob- ject he touched , with perpetual pomp and unremitted fplendor . 22. Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , He takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : " Live like yourfelf , " was foon my Lady's ...
... paint and adorn every ob- ject he touched , with perpetual pomp and unremitted fplendor . 22. Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , He takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : " Live like yourfelf , " was foon my Lady's ...
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