An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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Page 12
... particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigif- munda and Guiscardo , Theodore and Ho- noria ; and above all , to his exquisite mufic ode . The warmth and melody of thefe pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in ...
... particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigif- munda and Guiscardo , Theodore and Ho- noria ; and above all , to his exquisite mufic ode . The warmth and melody of thefe pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in ...
Page 26
... particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his resentment is more temperate . See verfe 433 down to verse 472 , of the fame moft en- chanting tragedy . chufe chufe rather to account for Ovid's falling into fo ...
... particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his resentment is more temperate . See verfe 433 down to verse 472 , of the fame moft en- chanting tragedy . chufe chufe rather to account for Ovid's falling into fo ...
Page 61
... particularly by the later Platonifts , and by Antoninus and Simplicius . In illuftrating his fubject , POPE has been much more deeply indebted to the Theodiceé of Leibnitz , to Arch- bishop bishop King's Origin of Evil , and to the ...
... particularly by the later Platonifts , and by Antoninus and Simplicius . In illuftrating his fubject , POPE has been much more deeply indebted to the Theodiceé of Leibnitz , to Arch- bishop bishop King's Origin of Evil , and to the ...
Page 67
... particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the drynefs in the argumentative parts of the Eftay , and interesting the reader . The foul uneafy , and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates in a ...
... particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the drynefs in the argumentative parts of the Eftay , and interesting the reader . The foul uneafy , and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates in a ...
Page 72
... particularly regarded . Perhaps we have no image in the language , more lively than that of the last verse . " To live along the line " is equally bold and beautiful . In this part of this Epiftle the poet seems to have remarkably ...
... particularly regarded . Perhaps we have no image in the language , more lively than that of the last verse . " To live along the line " is equally bold and beautiful . In this part of this Epiftle the poet seems to have remarkably ...
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