An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 42
... beauty in diftrefs ; you will be difappointed . Wit on the present occafion is to be preferred to tenderness ; the babe in her eye is faid to resemble Phaeton fo much , That heav'n the threat'ned world to spare , Thought fit to drown ...
... beauty in diftrefs ; you will be difappointed . Wit on the present occafion is to be preferred to tenderness ; the babe in her eye is faid to resemble Phaeton fo much , That heav'n the threat'ned world to spare , Thought fit to drown ...
Page 52
... beauty of Gay's Trivia , a fubject Swift defired him to write upon , and for which he furnished him with many hints . The character of Swift has been fcrutinized in fo many late writings , that it is fuperfluous to enter upon it ...
... beauty of Gay's Trivia , a fubject Swift defired him to write upon , and for which he furnished him with many hints . The character of Swift has been fcrutinized in fo many late writings , that it is fuperfluous to enter upon it ...
Page 59
... beauty in this Effay be uncommonly tranfcendent and peculiar , it is , BREVITY OF DICTION ; which , in a few inftances , and those pardonable , has occafioned obscurity . It is hardly to be imagined how much sense , how much thinking ...
... beauty in this Effay be uncommonly tranfcendent and peculiar , it is , BREVITY OF DICTION ; which , in a few inftances , and those pardonable , has occafioned obscurity . It is hardly to be imagined how much sense , how much thinking ...
Page 61
... beauty ; That as all parts in an animal are not eyes , and as in a city , comedy , or picture , all ranks , characters , and colours , are not equal or alike ; even fo , exceffes , and contrary qualities , contribute to the proportion ...
... beauty ; That as all parts in an animal are not eyes , and as in a city , comedy , or picture , all ranks , characters , and colours , are not equal or alike ; even fo , exceffes , and contrary qualities , contribute to the proportion ...
Page 88
... beauty , Hence when lightning fires The arch of heav'n , and thunders rock the ground ; When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air , And ocean groaning from the lowest bed , Heaves his tempeftuous billows to the sky ; Amid the mighty ...
... beauty , Hence when lightning fires The arch of heav'n , and thunders rock the ground ; When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air , And ocean groaning from the lowest bed , Heaves his tempeftuous billows to the sky ; Amid the mighty ...
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