An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 416 pages |
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... opinion , that Poetry is not confined Briming complets , and that it's greatest powers in prologues and spilegues . Welbeck Thut 22 Jan 19 1782 . an not displayed I am , Sir , with real respect , Your most obedient humble Sewart بر T ...
... opinion , that Poetry is not confined Briming complets , and that it's greatest powers in prologues and spilegues . Welbeck Thut 22 Jan 19 1782 . an not displayed I am , Sir , with real respect , Your most obedient humble Sewart بر T ...
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... opinion in queftion . He has more than once difclaimed all right and title to the name of POET on the fcore of his ethic and fatiric pieces . NEQUE ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM DIXERIS ESSE SATIS are lines often repeated , but whofe meaning ...
... opinion in queftion . He has more than once difclaimed all right and title to the name of POET on the fcore of his ethic and fatiric pieces . NEQUE ENIM CONCLUDERE VERSUM DIXERIS ESSE SATIS are lines often repeated , but whofe meaning ...
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... opinion , as exactly characterizes POPE as it does his model Boi- leau , for whom it was originally defigned : " INCAPABLE PEUT - ETRE DU SUBLIME QUI ELEVE L'AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L'AT- TENDRIT , MAIS FAIT POUR ECLAIRER CEUX A QUI ...
... opinion , as exactly characterizes POPE as it does his model Boi- leau , for whom it was originally defigned : " INCAPABLE PEUT - ETRE DU SUBLIME QUI ELEVE L'AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L'AT- TENDRIT , MAIS FAIT POUR ECLAIRER CEUX A QUI ...
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... opinion is founded , I shall be entirely unmoved at the imputation of malig- nity , or the clamours of popular prejudice . It is somewhat strange , that in the pastorals of a young poet , there should not be found a single rural image ...
... opinion is founded , I shall be entirely unmoved at the imputation of malig- nity , or the clamours of popular prejudice . It is somewhat strange , that in the pastorals of a young poet , there should not be found a single rural image ...
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... opinion , that any golden age was intended . Theocritus , the father and the model of this enchanting species of composition , lived and wrote in Sicily . The climate of Sicily was delicious , and the face of the country various and ...
... opinion , that any golden age was intended . Theocritus , the father and the model of this enchanting species of composition , lived and wrote in Sicily . The climate of Sicily was delicious , and the face of the country various and ...
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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.