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... species of poetry wherein POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind : and I only fay , that this species of poetry is not the most excellent one of the art . We do not , it should feem fuffici- ently attend to the difference there ...
... species of poetry wherein POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind : and I only fay , that this species of poetry is not the most excellent one of the art . We do not , it should feem fuffici- ently attend to the difference there ...
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... species of compofition , lived and wrote in Sicily . The climate of Sicily was delicious , and the face of the country vari- ous , and beautiful : it's vallies and it's pre- cipices , it's grottos and cascades were SWEET- LY ...
... species of compofition , lived and wrote in Sicily . The climate of Sicily was delicious , and the face of the country vari- ous , and beautiful : it's vallies and it's pre- cipices , it's grottos and cascades were SWEET- LY ...
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... species of po- etry to which his talent was most powerfully bent , and in which , tho ' not , as we shall see , in others , he excelled all mankind . The fimile of the mule heightens the satire , and is new ; as is the application of ...
... species of po- etry to which his talent was most powerfully bent , and in which , tho ' not , as we shall see , in others , he excelled all mankind . The fimile of the mule heightens the satire , and is new ; as is the application of ...
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... species , who have happily blended the two other species of compofition , and who are the most complete models of style , are Homer , in epic poetry ; Stefichorus and Al- cæus , in lyric ; in tragic , Sophocles ; in hif- tory ...
... species , who have happily blended the two other species of compofition , and who are the most complete models of style , are Homer , in epic poetry ; Stefichorus and Al- cæus , in lyric ; in tragic , Sophocles ; in hif- tory ...
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... species of compofition . In his ECCLE- SIASTES , very excellent rules are laid down for preaching . In his DIALOGUES , the super- ftitions of the Romish church are exposed with all the pleasantry of Lucian : an author , to whom his ...
... species of compofition . In his ECCLE- SIASTES , very excellent rules are laid down for preaching . In his DIALOGUES , the super- ftitions of the Romish church are exposed with all the pleasantry of Lucian : an author , to whom his ...
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Abelard Addiſon addreffed alfo alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character circumftance cloſe compofition Corneille defcribed defign deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegance Eloifa epic poetry epiftle Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies fpirit ftanza ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficient fylphs genius greateſt hiftory himſelf Homer Iliad images imagination inferted inftance itſelf Jane Shore juſt laft Loft Milton moft moſt mufic muſt numbers o'er obfervations occafion Ovid paffage paffion painted pathetic perfon Petrarch pieces Pindar pleaſed pleaſure poefy poem poet poetical poetry POPE praiſes prefent profe publiſhed quæ Quintilian Racine racter raiſed reafon refpect repreſent ſay ſcene ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpecies ſtory ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe writing