An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he defired to be painted with a Spenfer in his hand . + Book iii . c . I'L .. I Пeps v . Sea . 15 . 5 IT Ir has been fashionable of late to imitate Spenfer , 36 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he defired to be painted with a Spenfer in his hand . + Book iii . c . I'L .. I Пeps v . Sea . 15 . 5 IT Ir has been fashionable of late to imitate Spenfer , 36 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 52
Joseph Warton. objects as they really exist in life , like Ho- garth's paintings , without heightening or enlarging them , and without adding any imaginary circumftances . In this way of writing , Swift excelled ; witness his de ...
Joseph Warton. objects as they really exist in life , like Ho- garth's paintings , without heightening or enlarging them , and without adding any imaginary circumftances . In this way of writing , Swift excelled ; witness his de ...
Page 143
... paint those in- confiftencies of conduct , to which a vo- latile fancy is thought to incline the fex . And this he exemplifies in the contrarieties that may be discovered in the characters of the AFFECTED , the SOFT - NATURED , the ...
... paint those in- confiftencies of conduct , to which a vo- latile fancy is thought to incline the fex . And this he exemplifies in the contrarieties that may be discovered in the characters of the AFFECTED , the SOFT - NATURED , the ...
Page 168
... painted the dying Dido , as powerfully as the pencil of Reynolds has done , when fhe is juft dead . BUT none of the Roman writers has dif- played a greater force and vigour of ima- gination than TACITUS ; who was in truth : • En . iv ...
... painted the dying Dido , as powerfully as the pencil of Reynolds has done , when fhe is juft dead . BUT none of the Roman writers has dif- played a greater force and vigour of ima- gination than TACITUS ; who was in truth : • En . iv ...
Page 175
... paint and adorn every ob- ject he touched , with perpetual pomp and unremitted splendor . 22. Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , He takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : " Live " Live like yourself , " was foon my ...
... paint and adorn every ob- ject he touched , with perpetual pomp and unremitted splendor . 22. Sir Balaam now , he lives like other folks , He takes his chirping pint , and cracks his jokes : " Live " Live like yourself , " was foon my ...
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