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... faid to be pro- lific of princes ? THAT POPE has not equalled Theocritus , will indeed appear lefs surprising , if we re- flect , that no original writer ever remained fo unrivalled by fucceeding copyifts , as this Sicilian master . If ...
... faid to be pro- lific of princes ? THAT POPE has not equalled Theocritus , will indeed appear lefs surprising , if we re- flect , that no original writer ever remained fo unrivalled by fucceeding copyifts , as this Sicilian master . If ...
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... faid only to wind and to murmur , while their qualities and courfes are feldom accu- rately marked . Examine the exactness of the enfuing defcription , and confider what a per- fect idea it communicates to the mind . Around th ...
... faid only to wind and to murmur , while their qualities and courfes are feldom accu- rately marked . Examine the exactness of the enfuing defcription , and confider what a per- fect idea it communicates to the mind . Around th ...
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... faid with more propriety , I will not write a mufic- ode * after Alexander's Feaft , which the * He wrote this Ode at the request of Steele . variety variety and harmony of its numbers , and the beauty 50 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS J.
... faid with more propriety , I will not write a mufic- ode * after Alexander's Feaft , which the * He wrote this Ode at the request of Steele . variety variety and harmony of its numbers , and the beauty 50 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS J.
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... faid he , the painter has nothing to do , but to sub- ftitute colours for words , the defign being finished to his hands . The reader doubtless obferves the fine effect of the repetition of the last line ; as well as the ftroke of ...
... faid he , the painter has nothing to do , but to sub- ftitute colours for words , the defign being finished to his hands . The reader doubtless obferves the fine effect of the repetition of the last line ; as well as the ftroke of ...
Page 74
... the judicious Brumoy are moderate and ra- tional , and feem to comprehend all that is neceffary to be faid on this fubject . * Old . τυξαν . 1118 . " I " know , know , fays he , the chorus is attended with 74 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... the judicious Brumoy are moderate and ra- tional , and feem to comprehend all that is neceffary to be faid on this fubject . * Old . τυξαν . 1118 . " I " know , know , fays he , the chorus is attended with 74 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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