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If we pass on from descriptions of persons to those of things , we shall find this we
shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars is situated with
propriety in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a
forest ...
If we pass on from descriptions of persons to those of things , we shall find this we
shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars is situated with
propriety in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a
forest ...
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... boast of but eight poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely ,
TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , Virgil , Horace , TIBULLUS ,
PROPERTIUS , PHÆDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of just
thinking and writing .
... boast of but eight poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely ,
TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , Virgil , Horace , TIBULLUS ,
PROPERTIUS , PHÆDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of just
thinking and writing .
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Cow LEY * Compare Cowley's ode on presenting his book to the Bod . leian
Library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646
, written in the true spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar
.
Cow LEY * Compare Cowley's ode on presenting his book to the Bod . leian
Library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646
, written in the true spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar
.
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But Pope observed on the occasion , “ Browne is an excellent copyist ; and those
who take his imitations amiss , are much in the wrong ; they are very strongly
mannered ; and few , perhaps , could write so well if they were not so . ” In Pope's
...
But Pope observed on the occasion , “ Browne is an excellent copyist ; and those
who take his imitations amiss , are much in the wrong ; they are very strongly
mannered ; and few , perhaps , could write so well if they were not so . ” In Pope's
...
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... This , my good friends , is excellent Burgundy ; these partridges have an
admirable flavour . ' The same Lord Peter in Swift , performs throughout the very
part that Mero plays in Fontenelle . Thus all is imitation . The idea of the Persian
Letters ...
... This , my good friends , is excellent Burgundy ; these partridges have an
admirable flavour . ' The same Lord Peter in Swift , performs throughout the very
part that Mero plays in Fontenelle . Thus all is imitation . The idea of the Persian
Letters ...
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Page 236 - Peace to all such ! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles, and fair Fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 77 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 111 - Touch their immortal harps of golden wires, With those just spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly ; That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did, till disproportion'd sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway'J In perfect diapason, whilst they stood In first obedience, and their state of good.
Page 64 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 249 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
Page 180 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend, To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot.
Page 59 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 205 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 287 - There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 94 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flowery lawn: Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... Volume 2 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton Library of English literature |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
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