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Page 9
... subject of the first new , and interesting : its compo- fition is truly dramatic ; and the characters of " of its two fhepherds are well fupported , and AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9 Say, Daphnis, fay in what glad foil appears ...
... subject of the first new , and interesting : its compo- fition is truly dramatic ; and the characters of " of its two fhepherds are well fupported , and AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9 Say, Daphnis, fay in what glad foil appears ...
Page 25
... subjects , his tributaries , or neigh- bours . I cannot refift the pleasure of tran- fcribing the paffage . Firft the fam'd authors of his ancient name , The winding Ifis , and the fruitful Tame : The Kennet fwift , for filver eels ...
... subjects , his tributaries , or neigh- bours . I cannot refift the pleasure of tran- fcribing the paffage . Firft the fam'd authors of his ancient name , The winding Ifis , and the fruitful Tame : The Kennet fwift , for filver eels ...
Page 51
... subject very trite , Orpheus drawing the beafts about him . POPE fhewed his fuperior judgment in taking no notice of this old story , and selecting a more new , as well as more striking incident , in the life of Orpheus . It was the ...
... subject very trite , Orpheus drawing the beafts about him . POPE fhewed his fuperior judgment in taking no notice of this old story , and selecting a more new , as well as more striking incident , in the life of Orpheus . It was the ...
Page 53
... subject of the third . On hearing which , Each chief his sevenfold fhield display'd , And half unfheath'd the fhining blade ; Which effects of the fong , however lively , do not equal the force and fpirit of what Dryden afcribes to the ...
... subject of the third . On hearing which , Each chief his sevenfold fhield display'd , And half unfheath'd the fhining blade ; Which effects of the fong , however lively , do not equal the force and fpirit of what Dryden afcribes to the ...
Page 54
... subject of the pre- ceding one ; the defcription of the infernal regions is well imagined , and the effects of the musician's lyre on the inhabitants of hell , are elegantly tranflated from the fourth Georgic of Virgil * , and happily ...
... subject of the pre- ceding one ; the defcription of the infernal regions is well imagined , and the effects of the musician's lyre on the inhabitants of hell , are elegantly tranflated from the fourth Georgic of Virgil * , and happily ...
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