An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 12
... particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigif- munda and Guifcardo , Theodore and Ho- noria ; and above all , to his exquifite mufic ode . The warmth and melody of these pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in ...
... particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigif- munda and Guifcardo , Theodore and Ho- noria ; and above all , to his exquifite mufic ode . The warmth and melody of these pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in ...
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... particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his refentment is more temperate , See verfe 433 down to verfe 472 , of the fame most en- chanting tragedy . chufe chuse rather to account for Ovid's falling into fo ...
... particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his refentment is more temperate , See verfe 433 down to verfe 472 , of the fame most en- chanting tragedy . chufe chuse rather to account for Ovid's falling into fo ...
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... particularly by the later Platonifts , and by Antoninus and Simplicius . In illustrating his fubject , POPE has been much more deeply indebted to the Theodiceé of Leibnitz , to Arch- bishop bishop King's Origin of Evil , and to the ...
... particularly by the later Platonifts , and by Antoninus and Simplicius . In illustrating his fubject , POPE has been much more deeply indebted to the Theodiceé of Leibnitz , to Arch- bishop bishop King's Origin of Evil , and to the ...
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... particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in the argumentative parts of the Effay , and interesting the reader . 6. The foul uneasy , and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates ...
... particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in the argumentative parts of the Effay , and interesting the reader . 6. The foul uneasy , and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates ...
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... particularly regarded . Perhaps we have no image in the 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 ...
... particularly regarded . Perhaps we have no image in the 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 ...
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