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Page 78
... arise from the fub- ject ; it has however kept us too long from furveying a valuable literary curiofity , I mean the earliest production of POPE , writ ten when he was not twelve years old , his ODE ON SOLITUDE . THE first sketches of ...
... arise from the fub- ject ; it has however kept us too long from furveying a valuable literary curiofity , I mean the earliest production of POPE , writ ten when he was not twelve years old , his ODE ON SOLITUDE . THE first sketches of ...
Page 126
... move our concern , and deeply intereft us ; that the episodes arise easily out of the main fable ; that the action commence as near * No. 156 . the the catastrophe as poffible : and , in the drama 126 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... move our concern , and deeply intereft us ; that the episodes arise easily out of the main fable ; that the action commence as near * No. 156 . the the catastrophe as poffible : and , in the drama 126 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 141
... arise * . THIS Comparison is frequently men- tioned , as an inftance of the strength of fancy . The images however appear too general and indiftinct , and the laft line conveys no new idea to the mind . The following picture in ...
... arise * . THIS Comparison is frequently men- tioned , as an inftance of the strength of fancy . The images however appear too general and indiftinct , and the laft line conveys no new idea to the mind . The following picture in ...
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