An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 1 |
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... painted the changeful refolu- tions , the wild wishes , the paffionate and abrupt exclamations , of a disappointed and despairing lover . UPON the whole , the principal merit of the PASTORALS of POPE confifts , in their correct and ...
... painted the changeful refolu- tions , the wild wishes , the paffionate and abrupt exclamations , of a disappointed and despairing lover . UPON the whole , the principal merit of the PASTORALS of POPE confifts , in their correct and ...
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... painted chiefs admire Our fpeech , our colour , and our strange attire . And the benevolence and poetry of the fuc- ceeding with , are worthy admiration , Ver . 400. et feq . Till the freed Indians , in their native groves , Till AND ...
... painted chiefs admire Our fpeech , our colour , and our strange attire . And the benevolence and poetry of the fuc- ceeding with , are worthy admiration , Ver . 400. et feq . Till the freed Indians , in their native groves , Till AND ...
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... painted by POPE , each of them with their proper infignia and attributes . ENVY her own fnakes fhall feel * , And PERSECUTION mourn his broken wheel ; There FACTION roar , REBELLION bite her chain , And gafping FURIES thirst for blood ...
... painted by POPE , each of them with their proper infignia and attributes . ENVY her own fnakes fhall feel * , And PERSECUTION mourn his broken wheel ; There FACTION roar , REBELLION bite her chain , And gafping FURIES thirst for blood ...
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... painted wings , and breast that flames with gold * . THIS exquifite picture heightens the dif- trefs , and powerfully excites the commife- ration of the reader . Under this head , it would be unpardonable to omit a capital , and , I ...
... painted wings , and breast that flames with gold * . THIS exquifite picture heightens the dif- trefs , and powerfully excites the commife- ration of the reader . Under this head , it would be unpardonable to omit a capital , and , I ...
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... painted from nature itself , and from his own actual observations : his descriptions have therefore a diftinctnefs and truth , which are utterly wanting to those , of poets who have only copied from each other , and have never looked ...
... painted from nature itself , and from his own actual observations : his descriptions have therefore a diftinctnefs and truth , which are utterly wanting to those , of poets who have only copied from each other , and have never looked ...
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