An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 50
... striking compofitions . His verfes to Mr. Edward Howard , to Sir Thomas St. Serfe , his epi- logue to the Tartuffe , his fong written at fea in the firft Dutch war , his ballad on knotting , and on Lewis XIV . may be named as examples ...
... striking compofitions . His verfes to Mr. Edward Howard , to Sir Thomas St. Serfe , his epi- logue to the Tartuffe , his fong written at fea in the firft Dutch war , his ballad on knotting , and on Lewis XIV . may be named as examples ...
Page 87
... different objects strike + . A didactic poet who has happily in- dulged himself in bolder flights of enthu- + Ver . 127 . * Ver . 120 . G 4 fiafm , fiafm , fupported by a more figurative stile , than AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 87.
... different objects strike + . A didactic poet who has happily in- dulged himself in bolder flights of enthu- + Ver . 127 . * Ver . 120 . G 4 fiafm , fiafm , fupported by a more figurative stile , than AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 87.
Page 88
... striking example of that poetic fpirit , that harmonious , and varied verfification , and that strength of imagery , which confpire to excite our admiration of this beautiful poem * . 28. Proud of an easy conqueft all along , She but ...
... striking example of that poetic fpirit , that harmonious , and varied verfification , and that strength of imagery , which confpire to excite our admiration of this beautiful poem * . 28. Proud of an easy conqueft all along , She but ...
Page 105
... striking and original , as the beginning and progrefs of arts at the end of the fifth book of Lucretius + . I shall at prefent confine myself to tranfcribe his beautiful account of the rife of mufic . At liquidas avium voces imitarier ...
... striking and original , as the beginning and progrefs of arts at the end of the fifth book of Lucretius + . I shall at prefent confine myself to tranfcribe his beautiful account of the rife of mufic . At liquidas avium voces imitarier ...
Page 116
... strike the guilty . -Tum fulmina mittat ; et ædes Sæpe fuas difturbet , et in deferta recedens Sæviat , exercens telum , quod fæpe nocentes Præterit , exanimatque indignos , inque merentes * . He has turned the infult into a magni ...
... strike the guilty . -Tum fulmina mittat ; et ædes Sæpe fuas difturbet , et in deferta recedens Sæviat , exercens telum , quod fæpe nocentes Præterit , exanimatque indignos , inque merentes * . He has turned the infult into a magni ...
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