An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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Page 34
... defign , or disorder rather of Ariofto , the favourite poet of that time . " We muft not try the charming fallies of Ariofto by the rigid rules of Ariftotle . There is a remarkable letter of Bernardo Taffo , the father of Torquato , in ...
... defign , or disorder rather of Ariofto , the favourite poet of that time . " We muft not try the charming fallies of Ariofto by the rigid rules of Ariftotle . There is a remarkable letter of Bernardo Taffo , the father of Torquato , in ...
Page 38
... defigned with dexterity and taste . The application of the ftory of Cephalus and Procris is as ingenious as Waller's ... defign of giving a tafte of all the Greek poets ; I would have translated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an ...
... defigned with dexterity and taste . The application of the ftory of Cephalus and Procris is as ingenious as Waller's ... defign of giving a tafte of all the Greek poets ; I would have translated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an ...
Page 69
... defign , Why then a Borgia or a Catiline † ? " All ills arise from the order of the uni- verie , which is abfolutely perfect . Would you wish to disturb fo divine an order , for the fake of your own particular interest ? What if the ...
... defign , Why then a Borgia or a Catiline † ? " All ills arise from the order of the uni- verie , which is abfolutely perfect . Would you wish to disturb fo divine an order , for the fake of your own particular interest ? What if the ...
Page 74
... defign and infinite goodness of the architect , that the fpecies of creatures fhould alfo , by gentle degrees , defcend to us downwards : which if it be probable , we have reafon then to • Ver . 235 . be Led be perfuaded that there are ...
... defign and infinite goodness of the architect , that the fpecies of creatures fhould alfo , by gentle degrees , defcend to us downwards : which if it be probable , we have reafon then to • Ver . 235 . be Led be perfuaded that there are ...
Page 122
... defign is to fhew that , fince the Fall , all is proportioned with weight , measure , and harmony , to the condition ... defigned to cure moral evil ; that the paffions and the crimes of the most abandoned men are confined , directed ...
... defign is to fhew that , fince the Fall , all is proportioned with weight , measure , and harmony , to the condition ... defigned to cure moral evil ; that the paffions and the crimes of the most abandoned men are confined , directed ...
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