An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 416 pages |
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Page 63
... French , as not having so great a quantity of words derived from the Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as all others , must yield to the unparalleled sweetness and co- piousness of the Greek . Tantò est sermo græcus latino ...
... French , as not having so great a quantity of words derived from the Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as all others , must yield to the unparalleled sweetness and co- piousness of the Greek . Tantò est sermo græcus latino ...
Page 66
... French poesy , and the first who gave his countrymen any idea of a le- gitimate ode ; though his own pieces have hardly any thing but harmony to recommend them . The Odes of la Motte , though so highly praised by Sanadón , and by ...
... French poesy , and the first who gave his countrymen any idea of a le- gitimate ode ; though his own pieces have hardly any thing but harmony to recommend them . The Odes of la Motte , though so highly praised by Sanadón , and by ...
Page 68
... French and Italian , but even to the best Latin odes . In the pieces here commended , the figures are strong , and the transitions bold , and there is a just mix- ture of sentiment and imagery ; and particu- larly , they are animated ...
... French and Italian , but even to the best Latin odes . In the pieces here commended , the figures are strong , and the transitions bold , and there is a just mix- ture of sentiment and imagery ; and particu- larly , they are animated ...
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... French with so much address , and which he hath happily made so homogeneous , and of a piece with the rest of the work , that every thing seems to have been conceived in a continued train of thought by the very same person , confer as ...
... French with so much address , and which he hath happily made so homogeneous , and of a piece with the rest of the work , that every thing seems to have been conceived in a continued train of thought by the very same person , confer as ...
Page 100
... French and Italian classics . Du Bos * fixes the period of time at which , ge- nerally speaking , the poets and the painters have arrived at as high a pitch of perfection as their geniuses will permit , to be the age of thirty years ...
... French and Italian classics . Du Bos * fixes the period of time at which , ge- nerally speaking , the poets and the painters have arrived at as high a pitch of perfection as their geniuses will permit , to be the age of thirty years ...
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Page 145 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Page 224 - Be kind and courteous to this gentleman ; Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes ; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, -. With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries. The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees, And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs, And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes...
Page 134 - Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky, Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last: But, those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes.
Page 7 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old Bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : Ay me ! I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
Page 315 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 220 - Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The busy sylphs surround their darling care, These set the head, and those divide the hair, Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own. CANTO II. NOT with more glories, in th...
Page 390 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Page 223 - On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 130 - From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which without passing thro' the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Page 148 - Poets that lasting marble seek Must carve in Latin or in Greek, We write in sand, our language grows, And like the tide our work o'erflows.