An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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Page 39
... Milton's . To man that was i ' th ' evening made , Stars gave the first delight ; Admiring in the gloomy shade , Those little drops of light . • Spenfer and Waller were POPE's great favourites , as he told Mr. Spence , in the order they ...
... Milton's . To man that was i ' th ' evening made , Stars gave the first delight ; Admiring in the gloomy shade , Those little drops of light . • Spenfer and Waller were POPE's great favourites , as he told Mr. Spence , in the order they ...
Page 45
... Milton on the fame subject , Ad Johannem Roufeium , 1646 , written in the true fpirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allufion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit ...
... Milton on the fame subject , Ad Johannem Roufeium , 1646 , written in the true fpirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allufion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit ...
Page 63
... Milton ; And juftify the ways of God to man * . POPE feems to have hinted , by this allu- fion to the Paradife Loft , that he intended his poem for a defence of providence , as well as Milton : but he took a very dif- ferent method in ...
... Milton ; And juftify the ways of God to man * . POPE feems to have hinted , by this allu- fion to the Paradife Loft , that he intended his poem for a defence of providence , as well as Milton : but he took a very dif- ferent method in ...
Page 114
... Milton , in one of his fmaller and neglected poems , has left us a fublime paffage founded on the Chriftian doctrine of the Fall , and of the preceding harmony of all things . κακον . * Ver . 108 . + Ταυθ ' ότι μεν εςιν ισχυρά , και ...
... Milton , in one of his fmaller and neglected poems , has left us a fublime paffage founded on the Chriftian doctrine of the Fall , and of the preceding harmony of all things . κακον . * Ver . 108 . + Ταυθ ' ότι μεν εςιν ισχυρά , και ...
Page 123
... Milton fpeaks , from the rash judgment of mortals , ” ... Lettre De M. De Ramsay , A Pontoife le 28 April , 1742 . It will be proper to fubjoin Bolingbroke's own account of this flay , given in a letter to Swift , August 2 , 1731 ...
... Milton fpeaks , from the rash judgment of mortals , ” ... Lettre De M. De Ramsay , A Pontoife le 28 April , 1742 . It will be proper to fubjoin Bolingbroke's own account of this flay , given in a letter to Swift , August 2 , 1731 ...
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