An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... music . The joyous birds shrouded in chearful shade ; Their notes unto the voice attempred fweet ; Th ' angelical , foft trembling voices made To th ' inftruments divine refpondence meet ; The filver - founding instruments did meet With ...
... music . The joyous birds shrouded in chearful shade ; Their notes unto the voice attempred fweet ; Th ' angelical , foft trembling voices made To th ' inftruments divine refpondence meet ; The filver - founding instruments did meet With ...
Page 71
... music of the fpheres . Locke's illuftration of this doc- trine , is not only proper but poetical ‡ . " If our fenfe of hearing were but one thousand times quicker than it is , how would a perpetual noise distract us ; and we Locke's ...
... music of the fpheres . Locke's illuftration of this doc- trine , is not only proper but poetical ‡ . " If our fenfe of hearing were but one thousand times quicker than it is , how would a perpetual noise distract us ; and we Locke's ...
Page 309
... humanam- ‡ Unworthy he , the voice of Fame to hear , That sweetest music to an honeft ear § . * Ver . 93 . + Ver . 97 . + Ver . 94 . Ver . 99 . X 3 Two Two very beautiful lines , that excel the original ; AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 309.
... humanam- ‡ Unworthy he , the voice of Fame to hear , That sweetest music to an honeft ear § . * Ver . 93 . + Ver . 97 . + Ver . 94 . Ver . 99 . X 3 Two Two very beautiful lines , that excel the original ; AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 309.
Page 353
... musical and mellifluous ver- fification ; far beyond the verification of Fairfax , who is fo frequently mentioned as the greatest improver of the harmony of our language . The fatires of Hall , written in very smooth and pleafing ...
... musical and mellifluous ver- fification ; far beyond the verification of Fairfax , who is fo frequently mentioned as the greatest improver of the harmony of our language . The fatires of Hall , written in very smooth and pleafing ...
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