An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... 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. "Chaucer is a perpetual foun- ...
... 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. "Chaucer is a perpetual foun- ...
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... thoughts , the glow and the expreffiveness of the images , those certain marks of the first sketch of a mafter , confpire to corro- borate the truth of the fact . THE TRANSLATION of the first book of Statius , is the next piece that ...
... thoughts , the glow and the expreffiveness of the images , those certain marks of the first sketch of a mafter , confpire to corro- borate the truth of the fact . THE TRANSLATION of the first book of Statius , is the next piece that ...
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... thought very differently on this fubject of the tranfitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to confider his opinion . " Illa vero frigida et puerilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe tranfitus efficiat aliquam utique ...
... thought very differently on this fubject of the tranfitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to confider his opinion . " Illa vero frigida et puerilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe tranfitus efficiat aliquam utique ...
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... thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with fo much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travefty of them . * Book II . Canto 12. Stanza 71 . The " THE next ftanza of ...
... thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with fo much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travefty of them . * Book II . Canto 12. Stanza 71 . The " THE next ftanza of ...
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... thought , That like a spirit with this fpell Of my own teaching I am caught . * Speaking of his imitations , POPE faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a defign of giving a taste of all the Greek poets ; I would have tranflated a hymn of ...
... thought , That like a spirit with this fpell Of my own teaching I am caught . * Speaking of his imitations , POPE faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a defign of giving a taste of all the Greek poets ; I would have tranflated a hymn of ...
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