An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... perhaps not the least spirited . RABELAIS was not the inventor of many of the burlesque tales he introduced into his principal story ; the finest touches of which , it is to be feared , have undergone the ufual and unavoidable fate of ...
... perhaps not the least spirited . RABELAIS was not the inventor of many of the burlesque tales he introduced into his principal story ; the finest touches of which , it is to be feared , have undergone the ufual and unavoidable fate of ...
Page 7
... perhaps nothing but his youth could excuse . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely scrupulous , informs us that he would not verify it on account of its indecency . POPE however has omitted or foftened the groffer and more offenfive ...
... perhaps nothing but his youth could excuse . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely scrupulous , informs us that he would not verify it on account of its indecency . POPE however has omitted or foftened the groffer and more offenfive ...
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... perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For 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 ...
... perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For 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 ...
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... perhaps to excess , in allufions to mythology and the ancient claffics . The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The fol- lowing twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but ...
... perhaps to excess , in allufions to mythology and the ancient claffics . The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The fol- lowing twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but ...
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... perhaps could write fo well if they were not fo . " In Port's imitation of the Mach epistle of Horace , there were two remarkable lines , Ez the objects as they really exist in life , like Ho- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 51 THE DESCRIPTION ...
... perhaps could write fo well if they were not fo . " In Port's imitation of the Mach epistle of Horace , there were two remarkable lines , Ez the objects as they really exist in life , like Ho- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 51 THE DESCRIPTION ...
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