An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... described without saying , that The pale Narciffus on the bank , in vain , Transformed , gazes on himself again . In the lines on a lady weeping , you might In AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 41 ployed in the higher fcenes of poetry and ...
... described without saying , that The pale Narciffus on the bank , in vain , Transformed , gazes on himself again . In the lines on a lady weeping , you might In AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 41 ployed in the higher fcenes of poetry and ...
Page 47
... described true affection in his Venice Preserved . He pursued the murderer on foot who fled to France , as far as Dover , where he was seized with a fever , occafioned by the fatigue , which afterwards carried him to his grave in London ...
... described true affection in his Venice Preserved . He pursued the murderer on foot who fled to France , as far as Dover , where he was seized with a fever , occafioned by the fatigue , which afterwards carried him to his grave in London ...
Page 168
... described the prognostics of the weather in his first Georgic , let us only confider with what energy he has enumerated and particularized the geftures and attitudes of his dying Dido . No five verfes ever contained more images , or ...
... described the prognostics of the weather in his first Georgic , let us only confider with what energy he has enumerated and particularized the geftures and attitudes of his dying Dido . No five verfes ever contained more images , or ...
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