An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... person who tranflated fome pieces after Dryden used to say , more . Experto credite , quantus In clypeum affurgat , quo turbine torqueat haftam . Crebillon was ninety when he brought his Catiline on the stage , tern tern of POPE ...
... person who tranflated fome pieces after Dryden used to say , more . Experto credite , quantus In clypeum affurgat , quo turbine torqueat haftam . Crebillon was ninety when he brought his Catiline on the stage , tern tern of POPE ...
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... person to fucceed in de- fcribing externally a diftressful character , who may mife- rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a character . In a word , fo much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry ! The The ...
... person to fucceed in de- fcribing externally a diftressful character , who may mife- rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a character . In a word , fo much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry ! The The ...
Page 165
... ( like his own Helen ftanding on the walls of Troy ) points out every person , and thing , accurately and forcibly . All the views * Ver . 399 . M 3 and and profpects he lays before us , appear as fully AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 165.
... ( like his own Helen ftanding on the walls of Troy ) points out every person , and thing , accurately and forcibly . All the views * Ver . 399 . M 3 and and profpects he lays before us , appear as fully AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 165.
Page 222
... person , and a king ) His very minifter , who fpy'd them first , Some fay his queen , was forc'd to fpeak , or burst . And is not mine , my friend , a forer cafe , When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my face † ? THE abruptnefs with which ...
... person , and a king ) His very minifter , who fpy'd them first , Some fay his queen , was forc'd to fpeak , or burst . And is not mine , my friend , a forer cafe , When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my face † ? THE abruptnefs with which ...
Page 223
... person who first pointed out to Cardinal Rich- lieu , and the poets whom he employed , the neceffity of obferving the three unities in a drama . ears ; ears ; and the word perks has particular force and AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 223.
... person who first pointed out to Cardinal Rich- lieu , and the poets whom he employed , the neceffity of obferving the three unities in a drama . ears ; ears ; and the word perks has particular force and AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 223.
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