An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in so many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . of Cowley. ...
... this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in so many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . of Cowley. ...
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... omitted a ftroke of humour ; för in the original , fhe naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome : the lines must be transcribed . • Ver . 359 . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... omitted a ftroke of humour ; för in the original , fhe naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome : the lines must be transcribed . • Ver . 359 . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader muft not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat- • The falling off of his hair , faid a man of wit , had no other confequence ...
... must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader muft not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat- • The falling off of his hair , faid a man of wit , had no other confequence ...
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... must be the critic , who could have leifure dully and foberly to attend to the anachronism on fo ftriking an occafion . The mind is whirled away by a torrent of rapid imagery , and pro- priety is forgot . THE tale of Sigifinonda and ...
... must be the critic , who could have leifure dully and foberly to attend to the anachronism on fo ftriking an occafion . The mind is whirled away by a torrent of rapid imagery , and pro- priety is forgot . THE tale of Sigifinonda and ...
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... must be owned , that his ode on the power of mafie , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most un- rivalled C 2 rivalled of his compofitions . By that strange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19 and I place them last ...
... must be owned , that his ode on the power of mafie , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most un- rivalled C 2 rivalled of his compofitions . By that strange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19 and I place them last ...
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