An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 8 pages |
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... AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L'AT- TENDRIT , MAIS FAIT POUR ECLAIRER CEUX A QUI LA NATURE ACCORDA L'UN ET L'AU- LABORIEUX , TRE , 1 % SEVERE , PRECIS , PUR , HARMONIEUX , HARMONIEUX , IL DEVINT , ENFIN , LE POETE DE vi DEDICATION .
... AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L'AT- TENDRIT , MAIS FAIT POUR ECLAIRER CEUX A QUI LA NATURE ACCORDA L'UN ET L'AU- LABORIEUX , TRE , 1 % SEVERE , PRECIS , PUR , HARMONIEUX , HARMONIEUX , IL DEVINT , ENFIN , LE POETE DE vi DEDICATION .
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... natural . This , perhaps , may be one reason , among others , why we have never yet seen a fair and candid criticism on the character and merits of our last great poet , Mr. POPE . I have therefore thought , that it would be no ...
... natural . This , perhaps , may be one reason , among others , why we have never yet seen a fair and candid criticism on the character and merits of our last great poet , Mr. POPE . I have therefore thought , that it would be no ...
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... which , however , Diderot refused to do , because , he said , he could not possibly insert in that work , a treatise that tended to prove , that Eschylus was a madman . be found in nature . The figs and the honey AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
... which , however , Diderot refused to do , because , he said , he could not possibly insert in that work , a treatise that tended to prove , that Eschylus was a madman . be found in nature . The figs and the honey AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
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Joseph Warton. be found in nature . The figs and the honey , which he assigns * as a reward to a victorious shepherd , were in themselves exquisite , and are therefore assigned with great propriety and the beauties of that luxurious ...
Joseph Warton. be found in nature . The figs and the honey , which he assigns * as a reward to a victorious shepherd , were in themselves exquisite , and are therefore assigned with great propriety and the beauties of that luxurious ...
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... Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring , * are lines which have too much prettiness , and too modern an air . The judicious addition of cir cumstances and adjuncts , is what renders ...
... Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring , * are lines which have too much prettiness , and too modern an air . The judicious addition of cir cumstances and adjuncts , is what renders ...
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Page 12 - All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee : they shall come up with acceptance on Mine altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory.
Page 224 - Be kind and courteous to this gentleman ; Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes ; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, -. With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries. The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees, And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs, And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes...
Page 145 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 7 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old Bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : Ay me ! I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
Page 231 - Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The victor cried) the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British fair, As long as Atalantis shall be read...
Page 315 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 148 - Poets that lasting marble seek Must carve in Latin or in Greek, We write in sand, our language grows, And like the tide our work o'erflows.
Page 220 - Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The busy sylphs surround their darling care, These set the head, and those divide the hair, Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own. CANTO II. NOT with more glories, in th...
Page 390 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Page 223 - On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.