An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 12
... these pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticifm is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must ...
... these pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticifm is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must ...
Page 15
... These paffages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for the fame person to fucceed in de- fcribing externally a diftressful character , who may mife ...
... These paffages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for the fame person to fucceed in de- fcribing externally a diftressful character , who may mife ...
Page 16
... these images is in Chaucer , or Boc- cace , and it might be worth examining how much Dryden has added purely from his own stock . combat , combat , which is told at length , in the 16 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS The frame of burnish'd steel ...
... these images is in Chaucer , or Boc- cace , and it might be worth examining how much Dryden has added purely from his own stock . combat , combat , which is told at length , in the 16 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS The frame of burnish'd steel ...
Page 22
... these well known lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit cum Statius urbem , Writers of this stamp are always on the ftretch . They difdain the ...
... these well known lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit cum Statius urbem , Writers of this stamp are always on the ftretch . They difdain the ...
Page 23
... these verses are many expreffions , here marked with italics , which seem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were easily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty ...
... these verses are many expreffions , here marked with italics , which seem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were easily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty ...
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