An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 169
... style of MICHAEL ANGELO ! Nam Quintilium Varum , fanguine oblitum , & paludibus emerfum , cernere & audire vifus eft , velut vocantem , non tamen obfecutus , & manum intendentis repuliffe . A CELEBRATED foreigner , the Count Algarotti ...
... style of MICHAEL ANGELO ! Nam Quintilium Varum , fanguine oblitum , & paludibus emerfum , cernere & audire vifus eft , velut vocantem , non tamen obfecutus , & manum intendentis repuliffe . A CELEBRATED foreigner , the Count Algarotti ...
Page 178
... and paintings , and without much difcrimination of taste . " Who had both taste and zeal for the present style , ” fays Mr. Walpole , p . 134 . thousand thousand vain efforts for improvements , are best when they 178 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... and paintings , and without much difcrimination of taste . " Who had both taste and zeal for the present style , ” fays Mr. Walpole , p . 134 . thousand thousand vain efforts for improvements , are best when they 178 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 185
... style had been equal to his conceptions , that the Seasons of THOMSON have been very inftrumental in diffusing a general * tafte for the beauties of nature and land- Schape . 24. To build , to plant , whatever you intend , To rear the ...
... style had been equal to his conceptions , that the Seasons of THOMSON have been very inftrumental in diffusing a general * tafte for the beauties of nature and land- Schape . 24. To build , to plant , whatever you intend , To rear the ...
Page 186
... styles , and fine examples of practical poetry . 25. Confult the GENIUS * of the place in all , That tells the waters , or to rise or fall ; Or helps th ' ambitious hill the heav'ns to scale , Or fcoops in circling theatres the vale ...
... styles , and fine examples of practical poetry . 25. Confult the GENIUS * of the place in all , That tells the waters , or to rise or fall ; Or helps th ' ambitious hill the heav'ns to scale , Or fcoops in circling theatres the vale ...
Page 205
... style , which conftitute him one of the first of our profe - writers . The Pleasures of Ima- gination , the Effay on the Georgics , and his laft papers in the Spectator and Guar- dian , are models of language . And some * It is ...
... style , which conftitute him one of the first of our profe - writers . The Pleasures of Ima- gination , the Effay on the Georgics , and his laft papers in the Spectator and Guar- dian , are models of language . And some * It is ...
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