An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... humour , as cannot fail to excite laugh- ter . OUR Prior has happily caught his man- ner , in many of his lighter tales ; parti- It is to be lamented that Fontaine has fo frequently tranfgreffed the bounds of modefty . Boileau did not ...
... humour , as cannot fail to excite laugh- ter . OUR Prior has happily caught his man- ner , in many of his lighter tales ; parti- It is to be lamented that Fontaine has fo frequently tranfgreffed the bounds of modefty . Boileau did not ...
Page 10
... has omitted a ftroke of humour ; for in the original , fhe naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome the lines muft be transcribed . * Ver . 359 . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... has omitted a ftroke of humour ; for in the original , fhe naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome the lines muft be transcribed . * Ver . 359 . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 51
... humour . The point of the likeness confifts in defcribing the objects * See a Pipe of Tobacco , p . 282 , vol . 2. DodЛley's Mifcell . where Mr. Hawkins Brown has imitated , from a hint of Dr. John Hoadly , fix later English poets with ...
... humour . The point of the likeness confifts in defcribing the objects * See a Pipe of Tobacco , p . 282 , vol . 2. DodЛley's Mifcell . where Mr. Hawkins Brown has imitated , from a hint of Dr. John Hoadly , fix later English poets with ...
Page 52
... line was thus ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour , Perfuafion tips his tongue whene'er he talks , And he has chambers in the King's - Bench walks . has has fet before the public , fo complete a figure 52 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... line was thus ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour , Perfuafion tips his tongue whene'er he talks , And he has chambers in the King's - Bench walks . has has fet before the public , fo complete a figure 52 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 139
... writer's works were lately printed in a magnificent manner at the Louvre , in two volumes , quarto , at the expence of Madam Pompadour . * Yer . 22 . are are the fifth and feventh . There is true humour AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 139.
... writer's works were lately printed in a magnificent manner at the Louvre , in two volumes , quarto , at the expence of Madam Pompadour . * Yer . 22 . are are the fifth and feventh . There is true humour AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 139.
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