An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 48
... observation upon vice and folly , that are very remark- able in a person fo extremely young as he was , at the time he compofed it . I believe on a fair comparifon with Rochefter's lines , it will be found , that although the turn of ...
... observation upon vice and folly , that are very remark- able in a person fo extremely young as he was , at the time he compofed it . I believe on a fair comparifon with Rochefter's lines , it will be found , that although the turn of ...
Page 63
... observe , that the metaphors in the fucceeding lines , drawn from the field fports of fetting and fhooting , feem below the dignity of the fubject ; efpecially , EYE nature's walks , SHOOT folly as it flies , And CATCH the manners ...
... observe , that the metaphors in the fucceeding lines , drawn from the field fports of fetting and fhooting , feem below the dignity of the fubject ; efpecially , EYE nature's walks , SHOOT folly as it flies , And CATCH the manners ...
Page 84
... observation of Tully , who fays in his Brutus , Credo , fed Athenienfium quoque plus interfuit firma tecta in domi- ciliis habere , quam Minervæ fignum ex ebore pulcherrimum : tamen ego me Phi- diam effe mallem quam vel optimum fa- brum ...
... observation of Tully , who fays in his Brutus , Credo , fed Athenienfium quoque plus interfuit firma tecta in domi- ciliis habere , quam Minervæ fignum ex ebore pulcherrimum : tamen ego me Phi- diam effe mallem quam vel optimum fa- brum ...
Page 153
... observe these ftraws in amber . But if rhyme occafions fuch inconveniences and improprieties in fo exact a writer as our author , what can be Boileau . Sat. 2. v . 53 . expected expected from inferior verfifiers * ? It is not my AND ...
... observe these ftraws in amber . But if rhyme occafions fuch inconveniences and improprieties in fo exact a writer as our author , what can be Boileau . Sat. 2. v . 53 . expected expected from inferior verfifiers * ? It is not my AND ...
Page 175
... observe the pleasing effect that the use of common and familiar words and objects , judiciously managed , produce in poetry . Such as are here the words , causeway , feats , spire , market - place , alms - boufe , apprentic'd . A ...
... observe the pleasing effect that the use of common and familiar words and objects , judiciously managed , produce in poetry . Such as are here the words , causeway , feats , spire , market - place , alms - boufe , apprentic'd . A ...
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