An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... 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. ...
... 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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... thoughts , the glow and the expreffiveness of the images , those certain marks of the firft sketch of a master , confpire to corro- borate the truth of the fact . THE TRANSLATION of the first book of Statius , is the next piece that ...
... thoughts , the glow and the expreffiveness of the images , those certain marks of the firft sketch of a master , confpire to corro- borate the truth of the fact . THE TRANSLATION of the first book of Statius , is the next piece that ...
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... thought very differently on this fubject of the transitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to confider his opinion . " Illa vero frigida et puerilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe tranfitus efficiat aliquam utique ...
... thought very differently on this fubject of the transitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to confider his opinion . " Illa vero frigida et puerilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe tranfitus efficiat aliquam utique ...
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... thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with fo much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . Book II . Canto 12. Stanza 71 . The THE next stanza of POPE ...
... thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with fo much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . Book II . Canto 12. Stanza 71 . The THE next stanza of POPE ...
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... thought , That like a spirit with this fpell Of my own teaching I am caught . • Speaking of his imitations , POPE faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a defign of giving a tafte of all the Greek poets ; I would have translated a hymn of ...
... thought , That like a spirit with this fpell Of my own teaching I am caught . • Speaking of his imitations , POPE faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a defign of giving a tafte of all the Greek poets ; I would have translated a hymn of ...
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