An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... profe is the moft numerous and fweet , the most mellow and generous , of any our language has yet produced . His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this ...
... profe is the moft numerous and fweet , the most mellow and generous , of any our language has yet produced . His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this ...
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... of pleafing and virtuous fen- timents , expreffed without any affectation , fo that he ap- pears to be one of the best profe writers of his time . one one of his imitations of Horace , has ex- hibited AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 43.
... of pleafing and virtuous fen- timents , expreffed without any affectation , fo that he ap- pears to be one of the best profe writers of his time . one one of his imitations of Horace , has ex- hibited AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 43.
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... 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 imitated , may read Mafters's ...
... 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 imitated , may read Mafters's ...
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... profe . " He has not wandered into any useless digreffions , has employed no fictions , no tale or ftory , and has relied chiefly on the poetry of his ftile , for the purpose of interefting his readers . His ftile is con- cife and ...
... profe . " He has not wandered into any useless digreffions , has employed no fictions , no tale or ftory , and has relied chiefly on the poetry of his ftile , for the purpose of interefting his readers . His ftile is con- cife and ...
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... profe by M. De Silhouete , Which tranflation has been often printed ; at Paris 1736 ; at London 1741 , in Quarto ; at the Hague 1742. He has fubjoined a defence of the doctrines of the Effay from War- burton's Letters : and has added a ...
... profe by M. De Silhouete , Which tranflation has been often printed ; at Paris 1736 ; at London 1741 , in Quarto ; at the Hague 1742. He has fubjoined a defence of the doctrines of the Effay from War- burton's Letters : and has added a ...
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