An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... shall select only the following picture of Sigifmonda , as it has the fame attitude in which the appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majefty of grief deftroys : VOL . II ...
... shall select only the following picture of Sigifmonda , as it has the fame attitude in which the appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majefty of grief deftroys : VOL . II ...
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... shall confine myself to point out only two paffages , which relate the two appearances of this formidable figure : This is one of Boccace's moft ferious ftories . " It is a curious thing to fee at the head of an edition of Boccace's ...
... shall confine myself to point out only two paffages , which relate the two appearances of this formidable figure : This is one of Boccace's moft ferious ftories . " It is a curious thing to fee at the head of an edition of Boccace's ...
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... shall add nothing to what I have already faid on this subject ; but only relate the occasion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , hap- pening to pay a morning vifit to Dryden , whom he always ...
... shall add nothing to what I have already faid on this subject ; but only relate the occasion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , hap- pening to pay a morning vifit to Dryden , whom he always ...
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... SHALL conclude this fection with a ftory , which POPE himself related , because it is characteristical of his old friend , and I fhall give it in the very words which POPE ufed , when he told it to Mr. Spence.- " Dr. Swift has an odd ...
... SHALL conclude this fection with a ftory , which POPE himself related , because it is characteristical of his old friend , and I fhall give it in the very words which POPE ufed , when he told it to Mr. Spence.- " Dr. Swift has an odd ...
Page 93
... it ferves to illuftrate and confirm so many parts of the Effay on Man I shall therefore give it at length without apology . ; * Lib . v . ver . 223 . " THE " THE young of most other kinds , are inftantly AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 93.
... it ferves to illuftrate and confirm so many parts of the Effay on Man I shall therefore give it at length without apology . ; * Lib . v . ver . 223 . " THE " THE young of most other kinds , are inftantly AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 93.
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