An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 39
Page 7
Joseph Warton. lator Virgil , he has merited but little ap- plaufe . It may not be unentertaining to fee how coldly and unpoetically POPE has copied the fubfequent appeal to the nymphs on the ... Virgil, he has merited but little ap- ...
Joseph Warton. lator Virgil , he has merited but little ap- plaufe . It may not be unentertaining to fee how coldly and unpoetically POPE has copied the fubfequent appeal to the nymphs on the ... Virgil, he has merited but little ap- ...
Page 29
... Virgil has not always ufed fuch adjuncts and epi- thets as a painter or ftatuary might work after ; he fays only ultrices CURÆ , morti- ferum BELLUM , mala MENTIS GAUDIA ; particularly , malesuada is only applied to FAMES , instead of a ...
... Virgil has not always ufed fuch adjuncts and epi- thets as a painter or ftatuary might work after ; he fays only ultrices CURÆ , morti- ferum BELLUM , mala MENTIS GAUDIA ; particularly , malesuada is only applied to FAMES , instead of a ...
Page 34
... Virgil was not content ; what he * Ver . 115 . + Ver . 525 . By the epithet GRAVES Virgil infinuates , after his manner , the difficulty and laborioufnefs of the work . adds adds therefore of the natural undeviating temperance of the ...
... Virgil was not content ; what he * Ver . 115 . + Ver . 525 . By the epithet GRAVES Virgil infinuates , after his manner , the difficulty and laborioufnefs of the work . adds adds therefore of the natural undeviating temperance of the ...
Other editions - View all
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) Joseph Warton No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
Abelard Addiſon Æneid alfo almoſt alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character Chaucer circumſtances cloſely compofition Corneille defcribed defign deſcription Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa epic poetry Epift Euripides excellent expreffed exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firſt folemn fome fpecies fpirit ftill ftrokes ftrong fubject fublime fuch fufficiently furely genius Georgics greateſt himſelf Homer Iliad images imagination inferted inftance itſelf juft juſt laft laſt Loft Milton moft moſt mufic muſt nature numbers o'er obfervations occafion Ovid paffage paffion perfon Petrarch piece Pindar pleaſed pleaſure poefy poem poet poetical poetry POPE praiſe preſent profe publiſhed Quintilian Racine racter raiſe reaſon repreſented ſay ſcene ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpecies ſpeech ſtanza ſtate ſtory ſtriking ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfes verſe Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe writer