An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... style , but full of ftrange opinions . He declares , that none of the claffic poets had the talent of expreffing himself with more force and perfpicuity than Ovid ; that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the ...
... style , but full of ftrange opinions . He declares , that none of the claffic poets had the talent of expreffing himself with more force and perfpicuity than Ovid ; that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the ...
Page 85
... style , is frequently obfcure . " Non minus autem cavenda erit , fays Quintilian , quæ nimium corri- pientes omnia fequitur , obfcuritas : fatiufque eft aliquid narrationi fupereffe , quam deeffe , Nam cum fupervacua cum tædio dicuntur ...
... style , is frequently obfcure . " Non minus autem cavenda erit , fays Quintilian , quæ nimium corri- pientes omnia fequitur , obfcuritas : fatiufque eft aliquid narrationi fupereffe , quam deeffe , Nam cum fupervacua cum tædio dicuntur ...
Page 140
... defcribe them in a purer style . Both these stories would have fhone under the hands of POPE . THIS doctrine of our author may be farther illuftrated by the following passage of of Bacon . " It is no lefs worthy to 140 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... defcribe them in a purer style . Both these stories would have fhone under the hands of POPE . THIS doctrine of our author may be farther illuftrated by the following passage of of Bacon . " It is no lefs worthy to 140 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 147
... style , very different from this author's other works . The four firft were published in folio , in the year 1725 * ; and the fifth and fixth , incomparably the best , on the characters of women , in the year 1727 , that is , eight ...
... style , very different from this author's other works . The four firft were published in folio , in the year 1725 * ; and the fifth and fixth , incomparably the best , on the characters of women , in the year 1727 , that is , eight ...
Page 151
... style ; magna , non nimia ; fublimis , non abrupta ; severa , non triftis ; læta , non luxuriofa ; plena , non tumida . And sometimes Tully ; as , vicit pudorem libido , timorem audacia , rationem amentia . But these writers fall into ...
... style ; magna , non nimia ; fublimis , non abrupta ; severa , non triftis ; læta , non luxuriofa ; plena , non tumida . And sometimes Tully ; as , vicit pudorem libido , timorem audacia , rationem amentia . But these writers fall into ...
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