An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... character of a fond old dotard betrayed into difgrace by an unsuitable match , is sup- ported in a lively manner . POPE has en- deavoured , fuitably to familiarize the state- linefs liness of our heroic measure , in this ludi- crous 4 ...
... character of a fond old dotard betrayed into difgrace by an unsuitable match , is sup- ported in a lively manner . POPE has en- deavoured , fuitably to familiarize the state- linefs liness of our heroic measure , in this ludi- crous 4 ...
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... to be tafted or un- derstood , when the characters , the facts and the follies they ftigmatize , are perished and • See Menagiana , Vol . I. p . 368 . unknown . unknown . Gulliver in the next century , will be 6 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... to be tafted or un- derstood , when the characters , the facts and the follies they ftigmatize , are perished and • See Menagiana , Vol . I. p . 368 . unknown . unknown . Gulliver in the next century , will be 6 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... character of Dryden , the constant pat- • The falling off of his hair , faid a man of wit , had no other confequence , than to make his laurels to be feen the more . A perfon who tranflated fome pieces after Dryden ufed to fay , Experto ...
... character of Dryden , the constant pat- • The falling off of his hair , faid a man of wit , had no other confequence , than to make his laurels to be feen the more . A perfon who tranflated fome pieces after Dryden ufed to fay , Experto ...
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... may mife- rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a character . In a word , so much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry ! The The frame of burnish'd steel that caft a glare From AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 15.
... may mife- rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a character . In a word , so much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry ! The The frame of burnish'd steel that caft a glare From AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 15.
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... characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loofe and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the prefent edition , I shall speak no more of it . THE Imitation of ...
... characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loofe and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the prefent edition , I shall speak no more of it . THE Imitation of ...
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