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Page 6
... imitated from Theocritus , and from his Latin tranf- lator Virgil , he has merited but little ap- plause . It may not be unentertaining to fee Paft . ii . ver . 21 . § Ibid . ver . 65 . + Paft . iii . ver . 24 . || Paft . iv . ver . 81 ...
... imitated from Theocritus , and from his Latin tranf- lator Virgil , he has merited but little ap- plause . It may not be unentertaining to fee Paft . ii . ver . 21 . § Ibid . ver . 65 . + Paft . iii . ver . 24 . || Paft . iv . ver . 81 ...
Page 13
... imitating this paffage , POPE has omitted the different beafts that in so picturesque a manner characterize the different countries which were to be gathered together on this important event , and fays only in undistin- guishing terms ...
... imitating this paffage , POPE has omitted the different beafts that in so picturesque a manner characterize the different countries which were to be gathered together on this important event , and fays only in undistin- guishing terms ...
Page 56
... imitated throughout the fixth ftanza , which defcribes the behaviour of Orpheus on the fecond lofs of Eurydice . * A & I. Scene II . Grideline and Trufty . See alfo , Scene IV . A & I . A fong of A & III . Scene IV . I wish POPE had ...
... imitated throughout the fixth ftanza , which defcribes the behaviour of Orpheus on the fecond lofs of Eurydice . * A & I. Scene II . Grideline and Trufty . See alfo , Scene IV . A & I . A fong of A & III . Scene IV . I wish POPE had ...
Page 88
... , Flatman , who Cowley imitates with pains , And rides a jaded mufe , whipt , with loose reins . I AM fenfible of the difficulty of distin- guishing resemblances I AM 88 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS the following stanza is perhaps the only va ...
... , Flatman , who Cowley imitates with pains , And rides a jaded mufe , whipt , with loose reins . I AM fenfible of the difficulty of distin- guishing resemblances I AM 88 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS the following stanza is perhaps the only va ...
Page 110
... imitating them from his great veneration of the original . And that this was the reason why he rather imitated Euripides than Sopho- cles ; as in the Phædra , Andromache , Iphigenia . + Poetic . lib . i . ver . 75 . When When Racine had ...
... imitating them from his great veneration of the original . And that this was the reason why he rather imitated Euripides than Sopho- cles ; as in the Phædra , Andromache , Iphigenia . + Poetic . lib . i . ver . 75 . When When Racine had ...
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