An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... thefe verfes are many expreffions , here marked with italics , which feem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were eafily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty ...
... thefe verfes are many expreffions , here marked with italics , which feem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were eafily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty ...
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... thefe dire hands from my flain father tore ... OVID is also another writer of a bad tafte , on whom POPE employed fome of his youthful hours ; in tranflating the sto- ries of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological ...
... thefe dire hands from my flain father tore ... OVID is also another writer of a bad tafte , on whom POPE employed fome of his youthful hours ; in tranflating the sto- ries of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological ...
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... Thefe images , one would have thought , were peculiarly calculated to have ftruck the fancy of our young imitator with so much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . * Book II . Canto 12. Stanza 71 ...
... Thefe images , one would have thought , were peculiarly calculated to have ftruck the fancy of our young imitator with so much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . * Book II . Canto 12. Stanza 71 ...
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... , " and turning afterwards to his com- panions , he added , " Thefe fcoundrels think we are feeking the Lord , and we are only looking for aur bottle - fcrew . judicious " As judicious M. de Montefquieu , who in his 50 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... , " and turning afterwards to his com- panions , he added , " Thefe fcoundrels think we are feeking the Lord , and we are only looking for aur bottle - fcrew . judicious " As judicious M. de Montefquieu , who in his 50 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... Thefe two fifters claimed the fucceffion to the throne of their fathers . Mero reigned first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a forceress or jugler who could convey away bread , and perform . acts of conjuration with dead bodies : This ...
... Thefe two fifters claimed the fucceffion to the throne of their fathers . Mero reigned first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a forceress or jugler who could convey away bread , and perform . acts of conjuration with dead bodies : This ...
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