An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... laft ; and perhaps not the leaft fpirited . RABELAIS was not the inventor of many of the burlesque tales he introduced into his principal ftory ; the fineft touches of which , it is to be feared , have undergone the ufual and ...
... laft ; and perhaps not the leaft fpirited . RABELAIS was not the inventor of many of the burlesque tales he introduced into his principal ftory ; the fineft touches of which , it is to be feared , have undergone the ufual and ...
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... laft , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood + . The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in the ...
... laft , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood + . The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in the ...
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... laft verfe . " To live along the line " is equally bold and beautiful . In this part of this Epiftle the poet seems to have remarkably laboured his ftyle , which abounds in various figures , and is much elevated . POPE has practised the ...
... laft verfe . " To live along the line " is equally bold and beautiful . In this part of this Epiftle the poet seems to have remarkably laboured his ftyle , which abounds in various figures , and is much elevated . POPE has practised the ...
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... laft word , Æquo animoque , agedum , jam aliis concede : - neceffe ' ft . ' " 2 * Ver . 165. † Ep . iii . ver . 171 . Lib . iii . ver . 975 . 42. Thy 42. Thy arts of building from the bee receive , 104 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... laft word , Æquo animoque , agedum , jam aliis concede : - neceffe ' ft . ' " 2 * Ver . 165. † Ep . iii . ver . 171 . Lib . iii . ver . 975 . 42. Thy 42. Thy arts of building from the bee receive , 104 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... laft interviews with POPE , who was then given over by the phyficians , that Bo- lingbroke , ftanding behind POPE's chair , looked earneftly down upon him , and repeated feveral times , interrupted with fobs , " O Great God , what is ...
... laft interviews with POPE , who was then given over by the phyficians , that Bo- lingbroke , ftanding behind POPE's chair , looked earneftly down upon him , and repeated feveral times , interrupted with fobs , " O Great God , what is ...
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