An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... which the appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majesty of grief destroys : VOL . II . C For For bending o'er the cup , the tears the fhed AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 17.
... which the appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majesty of grief destroys : VOL . II . C For For bending o'er the cup , the tears the fhed AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 17.
Page 59
... such orna- ments . Nevertheless there are too many lines , in this performance , plain and pro- faic . The meaner the fubject is of a pre- ceptive poem , the more ftriking appears the art of the poet : It is even of use perhaps to chufe ...
... such orna- ments . Nevertheless there are too many lines , in this performance , plain and pro- faic . The meaner the fubject is of a pre- ceptive poem , the more ftriking appears the art of the poet : It is even of use perhaps to chufe ...
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... Such is the commentary of the academift on these famous lines * ; 10. The general order , fince the whole began . Is kept in nature , and is kept in man † . How this opinion is any way recon- cileable with the orthodox doctrine of the ...
... Such is the commentary of the academift on these famous lines * ; 10. The general order , fince the whole began . Is kept in nature , and is kept in man † . How this opinion is any way recon- cileable with the orthodox doctrine of the ...
Page 71
... such an acute fight would not ferve to condu & him to the market and exchange , if he could not fee things he was to avoid at a convenient distance , nor distinguish things he had to do with by those sensible qualities others do ...
... such an acute fight would not ferve to condu & him to the market and exchange , if he could not fee things he was to avoid at a convenient distance , nor distinguish things he had to do with by those sensible qualities others do ...
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... Such then is the admirable diftribution of nature , her adapting and adjusting not only the stuff or matter to the shape and form , and even the shape itself and form , to the circumftance , place , element , or region ; but also the ...
... Such then is the admirable diftribution of nature , her adapting and adjusting not only the stuff or matter to the shape and form , and even the shape itself and form , to the circumftance , place , element , or region ; but also the ...
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