An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... Boileau , Bacon Milton † , Cervantes Moliere . 19. When on the Goddess first I caft my fight , Scarce feem'd her ftature of a cubit's height ; But fwell'd to larger height the more I gaz'd , Till to the roof her tow'ring height fhe rais ...
... Boileau , Bacon Milton † , Cervantes Moliere . 19. When on the Goddess first I caft my fight , Scarce feem'd her ftature of a cubit's height ; But fwell'd to larger height the more I gaz'd , Till to the roof her tow'ring height fhe rais ...
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... Boileau did not look upon Fontaine as an original writer , and used to say he had bor- rowed both his stile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . + " Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet ...
... Boileau did not look upon Fontaine as an original writer , and used to say he had bor- rowed both his stile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . + " Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet ...
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... Boileau , and the tenth Satire of Horace , are the only pieces of this profligate noble- man , which modesty or common sense will allow any man to read . Rochefter had great energy in his thoughts and diction , and though the ancient ...
... Boileau , and the tenth Satire of Horace , are the only pieces of this profligate noble- man , which modesty or common sense will allow any man to read . Rochefter had great energy in his thoughts and diction , and though the ancient ...
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... Boileau's purity of manners , should represent his kind in the dark and disa- greeable colours he has done , with all the ma- lignity of a difcontented HOBBIST , is a lamen- table perverfion of fine talents , and is a real injury to ...
... Boileau's purity of manners , should represent his kind in the dark and disa- greeable colours he has done , with all the ma- lignity of a difcontented HOBBIST , is a lamen- table perverfion of fine talents , and is a real injury to ...
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... Boileau , the Gardens of Rapin , the Cyder of Phillips , the Chafe of Somerville , the Pleasures of Imagination , the Art of pre- ferving Health , the Fleece , the Religion of Racine the younger , the elegant Latin poem of Brown on the ...
... Boileau , the Gardens of Rapin , the Cyder of Phillips , the Chafe of Somerville , the Pleasures of Imagination , the Art of pre- ferving Health , the Fleece , the Religion of Racine the younger , the elegant Latin poem of Brown on the ...
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Page 126 - Lo the poor Indian! whofe untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind ; His foul proud fcience never taught to ftray, Far as the folar walk or milky way ; Yet fimple nature to his hope has giv'n, Behind the cloud-topp'd hill an humbler heav'n
Page 288 - Why did I write ? what fin, to me unknown, Dipt me in ink, my parents or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father difobey'd
Page 329 - O friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine! Be no unpleafing melancholy mine! Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing age * ; With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of death ; Explore the thought, explain the
Page 317 - run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And as the prompter breathes the puppet fqueaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad *, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad. In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or blafphemies.—
Page 174 - Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hoftile millions prefs him to the ground ? His fall was deftin'd to a barren ftrand, A petty fortrefs and a dubious hand;' He left a name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a
Page 243 - Confult the GENIUS* of the place in all, That tells the waters, or to rife or fall; Or helps th' ambitious hill the heav'ns to fcale, Or fcoops in circling theatres the vale; Calls in the country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing woods, and varies fhades from
Page 38 - airs, Enchanting fhell! the fullen cares, And frantic paffions hear thy foft controul. On Thracia's hills the lord of war Has curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirfty lance at thy command. Perching on the fceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king, With ruffled
Page 156 - work'd folely for thy good, Thy joy, thypaftime, thy attire, thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly fpread the flowery lawn: Is it for thee the lark afcends and fings ? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings
Page 204 - 15. See how the world its veterans rewards, A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpofe, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their paffion, but their prize a fot, Alive, ridiculous ; and dead, forgot
Page 17 - iflcs, Plac'd far amid the melancholy Main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles, Or that aerial beings fometimes deign To ftand, embodied, to our fenfes plain) Sees on the naked hill or valley low, The whilft in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vaft aflembly moving to and fro, Then all at once in air diflblves the