An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 34
... best models of anti- quity , feduced into this prepofterous method ? The answer , no doubt is , that they were copying the defign , or disorder rather of Ariofto , the favourite poet of that time . " We must not try the charming fallies ...
... best models of anti- quity , feduced into this prepofterous method ? The answer , no doubt is , that they were copying the defign , or disorder rather of Ariofto , the favourite poet of that time . " We must not try the charming fallies ...
Page 43
... best wits of that time , who com- bined against Dryden . + Another line likewife of POPE exactly characterifes him . The penfive Cowley's moral lay .——————— Vol . VI . p . 37- His general preface ; his difcourfe concerning Cromwell ...
... best wits of that time , who com- bined against Dryden . + Another line likewife of POPE exactly characterifes him . The penfive Cowley's moral lay .——————— Vol . VI . p . 37- His general preface ; his difcourfe concerning Cromwell ...
Page 50
... best tempers . Dorfet poffeffed the rare fecret of uniting energy with ease , in his 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 ...
... best tempers . Dorfet poffeffed the rare fecret of uniting energy with ease , in his 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 ...
Page 61
... best : That in fuch a fyftem , coherence , union , fubor- dination , are neceffary ; and if so , that appearances of evil , both moral and na- tural , are also neceffary and unavoidable ; That the seeming defects and blemishes in the ...
... best : That in fuch a fyftem , coherence , union , fubor- dination , are neceffary ; and if so , that appearances of evil , both moral and na- tural , are also neceffary and unavoidable ; That the seeming defects and blemishes in the ...
Page 80
... best , as being by thee approved and chofen * . " 20. All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction which thou canst not fee ; All discord , harmony not understood ; All partial evil , universal good † . THIS is the ...
... best , as being by thee approved and chofen * . " 20. All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction which thou canst not fee ; All discord , harmony not understood ; All partial evil , universal good † . THIS is the ...
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