An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9.
... reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9.
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... reason can we give why the Romans , who fo happily imitated the Greeks in many respects , and breathed a truly tragic fpirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though fo fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful ...
... reason can we give why the Romans , who fo happily imitated the Greeks in many respects , and breathed a truly tragic fpirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though fo fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful ...
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... reason to the first delicious cup " this is fufficiently gallant , but what he adds has much of the fublime , and is like a thought of Milton's . To man that was i ' th ' evening made , Stars gave the firft delight ; Admiring in the ...
... reason to the first delicious cup " this is fufficiently gallant , but what he adds has much of the fublime , and is like a thought of Milton's . To man that was i ' th ' evening made , Stars gave the firft delight ; Admiring in the ...
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... if you had supped with me , as in all reason you ought to have done , you must then have drank * Transcribed from Mr. Spence's anecdotes . E 4 with with me . - A bottle of wine two fhillings- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 55.
... if you had supped with me , as in all reason you ought to have done , you must then have drank * Transcribed from Mr. Spence's anecdotes . E 4 with with me . - A bottle of wine two fhillings- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 55.
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... reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the laft , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood + . The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an ...
... reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the laft , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood + . The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an ...
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