An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... person to succeed in de- scribing externally a distressful character , who may mife- rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a character . In a word , fo much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry ! The The ...
... person to succeed in de- scribing externally a distressful character , who may mife- rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a character . In a word , fo much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry ! The The ...
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... 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 the fatire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould ...
... 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 the fatire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould ...
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... ( like his own Helen standing on the walls of Troy ) points out every person , and thing , accurately and forcibly . All the views * Ver . 399 . M 3 and and prospects he lays before us , appear aş fully AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 165.
... ( like his own Helen standing on the walls of Troy ) points out every person , and thing , accurately and forcibly . All the views * Ver . 399 . M 3 and and prospects he lays before us , appear aş fully AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 165.
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... persons who took notice of Thomfon , on the publication of Winter , on which he wrote a complimentary copy of verses . See a letter of Thomson's to Hill , dated Goodman's Coffee - house , 1726 . of of which the reception you describe it ...
... persons who took notice of Thomfon , on the publication of Winter , on which he wrote a complimentary copy of verses . See a letter of Thomson's to Hill , dated Goodman's Coffee - house , 1726 . of of which the reception you describe it ...
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... person , and a king ) His very minifter , who fpy'd them first , Some fay his queen , was forc'd to speak , or burst . And is not mine , my friend , a forer case , When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my face † ? THE abruptnefs with which ...
... person , and a king ) His very minifter , who fpy'd them first , Some fay his queen , was forc'd to speak , or burst . And is not mine , my friend , a forer case , When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my face † ? THE abruptnefs with which ...
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