An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... reafon , though he muft always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9 of Cowley ...
... reafon , though he muft always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9 of Cowley ...
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... reafon can we give why the Romans , who so happily imitated the Greeks in many refpects , and breathed a truly tragic fpirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though fo fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful ...
... reafon can we give why the Romans , who so happily imitated the Greeks in many refpects , and breathed a truly tragic fpirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though fo fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful ...
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... reafon to the firft delicious To man that was i ' th ' evening made , Stars gave the first delight ; Admiring in the gloomy fhade , Those little drops of light . * Spenfer and Waller were POPE's great favourites , as he told Mr. Spence ...
... reafon to the firft delicious To man that was i ' th ' evening made , Stars gave the first delight ; Admiring in the gloomy fhade , Those little drops of light . * Spenfer and Waller were POPE's great favourites , as he told Mr. Spence ...
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... reafon con- demn the frame , and defpife the architect ? O my friend ! let us not thus betray our ignorance ; but confider where we are , and in what an univerfe . Think of the many parts of the vast machine , in which we have fo little ...
... reafon con- demn the frame , and defpife the architect ? O my friend ! let us not thus betray our ignorance ; but confider where we are , and in what an univerfe . Think of the many parts of the vast machine , in which we have fo little ...
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... reafon guefs , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less * . VOLTAIRE , in the late additions to his works , has the following remarkable words . " I own it flatters me to fee that POPE has fallen upon the very fame fentiment which I ...
... reafon guefs , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less * . VOLTAIRE , in the late additions to his works , has the following remarkable words . " I own it flatters me to fee that POPE has fallen upon the very fame fentiment which I ...
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