An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... juft decorum , have a ftrong tendency to dazzle , and to mislead inexperienced minds , and taftes unformed , from the true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and ...
... juft decorum , have a ftrong tendency to dazzle , and to mislead inexperienced minds , and taftes unformed , from the true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and ...
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... , LUCRETIUS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHEDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of juft thinking ! C4 and and writing . Succeeding authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23.
... , LUCRETIUS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHEDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of juft thinking ! C4 and and writing . Succeeding authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23.
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... juft , has thy pervading foul Look'd thro ' ? Or can a part contain the whole ? " IMAGINE only fome perfon entirely a ftranger to navigation , and ignorant of the nature of the fea or waters , how great his astonishment would be , when ...
... juft , has thy pervading foul Look'd thro ' ? Or can a part contain the whole ? " IMAGINE only fome perfon entirely a ftranger to navigation , and ignorant of the nature of the fea or waters , how great his astonishment would be , when ...
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... practised the great fecret of Virgil's art , which was to discover the very fingle epithet that precifely fuited each occafion . * Ver . 210 . 14. Without 14. Without this juft gradation , could they be Subjected 72 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... practised the great fecret of Virgil's art , which was to discover the very fingle epithet that precifely fuited each occafion . * Ver . 210 . 14. Without 14. Without this juft gradation , could they be Subjected 72 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Joseph Warton. 14. Without this juft gradation , could they be Subjected , these to those , or all to thee ? The pow'rs of all fubdu'd by thee alone , Is not thy reafon all these pow'rs in one * ? " Such then is the admirable ...
Joseph Warton. 14. Without this juft gradation , could they be Subjected , these to those , or all to thee ? The pow'rs of all fubdu'd by thee alone , Is not thy reafon all these pow'rs in one * ? " Such then is the admirable ...
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