An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... kind , and the 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 ...
... kind , and the 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 ...
Page 15
... kind repair ; The fowl , that fcent afar , the borders fly , And shun the bitter blast , and wheel about the sky . A cake of fcurf lies baking on the ground , And prickly stubs instead of trees are found . The temple itself is nobly and ...
... kind repair ; The fowl , that fcent afar , the borders fly , And shun the bitter blast , and wheel about the sky . A cake of fcurf lies baking on the ground , And prickly stubs instead of trees are found . The temple itself is nobly and ...
Page 32
... imitator with fo much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . Book II . Canto 12. Stanza 71 . The THE next stanza of POPE represents fome allegorical figures , 1 32 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... imitator with fo much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . Book II . Canto 12. Stanza 71 . The THE next stanza of POPE represents fome allegorical figures , 1 32 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... kind of prophecy importing , that however he may be at prefent traduced , yet pofterity will applaud his work . At ULTIMI Nepotes , SERIQUE POSTERI , Judicia rebus QUIORA forfitan Adhibebunt INTEGRO finu , Tam , livore fepulto , Si quid ...
... kind of prophecy importing , that however he may be at prefent traduced , yet pofterity will applaud his work . At ULTIMI Nepotes , SERIQUE POSTERI , Judicia rebus QUIORA forfitan Adhibebunt INTEGRO finu , Tam , livore fepulto , Si quid ...
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... kind in the dark and disagreeable colours he has done , with all the malignity of a difcon- tented HOBBIST , is a lamentable perversion of fine talents , and is a real injury to so- ciety . It is a fact worthy the attention of those who ...
... kind in the dark and disagreeable colours he has done , with all the malignity of a difcon- tented HOBBIST , is a lamentable perversion of fine talents , and is a real injury to so- ciety . It is a fact worthy the attention of those who ...
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