An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... language has yet produced . His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the ...
... language has yet produced . His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the ...
Page 44
... language of his heart . His profe works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perufed with common patience by a lover of antiquity . He that would fee Pindar's manner truly ...
... language of his heart . His profe works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perufed with common patience by a lover of antiquity . He that would fee Pindar's manner truly ...
Page 72
... language , more lively than that of 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 ...
... language , more lively than that of 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 ...
Page 86
... language of that critic , appears to be this ; " That the Stoics , in their character of their virtuous man , included rational defire , averfion , and exultation ; included love , and parental affection ; friendship , and a general ...
... language of that critic , appears to be this ; " That the Stoics , in their character of their virtuous man , included rational defire , averfion , and exultation ; included love , and parental affection ; friendship , and a general ...
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... language and the manners of France feem to be peculiarly adapted . He knew mankind . Qui- conque eft fans honneur & fans humeur , faid he frequently , eft un courtisan par- faite . " Crebillon the father , a writer far fuperior to his ...
... language and the manners of France feem to be peculiarly adapted . He knew mankind . Qui- conque eft fans honneur & fans humeur , faid he frequently , eft un courtisan par- faite . " Crebillon the father , a writer far fuperior to his ...
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