An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... style , but full of ftrange opinions . He declares , that none of the claffic poets had the talent of expreffing himself with more force and perfpicuity than Ovid ; that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the ...
... style , but full of ftrange opinions . He declares , that none of the claffic poets had the talent of expreffing himself with more force and perfpicuity than Ovid ; that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the ...
Page 85
... style , is frequently obfcure . " Non minus autem cavenda erit , says Quintilian , quæ nimium corri- pientes omnia fequitur , obfcuritas : fatiufque eft aliquid narrationi fupereffe , quam deeffe . Nam cum fupervacua cum tædio dicuntur ...
... style , is frequently obfcure . " Non minus autem cavenda erit , says Quintilian , quæ nimium corri- pientes omnia fequitur , obfcuritas : fatiufque eft aliquid narrationi fupereffe , quam deeffe . Nam cum fupervacua cum tædio dicuntur ...
Page 151
... style ; magna , non nimia ; fublimis , non abrupta ; fevera , non triftis ; læta , non luxuriofa ; plena , non tumida . And sometimes Tully ; as , vicit pudorem libido , timorem audacia , rationem amentia , But these writers fall into ...
... style ; magna , non nimia ; fublimis , non abrupta ; fevera , non triftis ; læta , non luxuriofa ; plena , non tumida . And sometimes Tully ; as , vicit pudorem libido , timorem audacia , rationem amentia , But these writers fall into ...
Page 154
... style , are expected ; but for fubjects of a higher order , where any enthusiasm or emotion is to be expreffed , or for poems of a greater length , blank verfe is un- doubtedly preferable . An epic poem in rhyme appears to be fuch a ...
... style , are expected ; but for fubjects of a higher order , where any enthusiasm or emotion is to be expreffed , or for poems of a greater length , blank verfe is un- doubtedly preferable . An epic poem in rhyme appears to be fuch a ...
Page 185
... style had been equal to his conceptions , that the Seasons of THOMSON have been very inftrumental in diffufing a general * tafte for the beauties of nature and land- Schape . 24. To build , to plant , whatever you intend , To rear the ...
... style had been equal to his conceptions , that the Seasons of THOMSON have been very inftrumental in diffufing a general * tafte for the beauties of nature and land- Schape . 24. To build , to plant , whatever you intend , To rear the ...
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