An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for the fame person to fucceed in de- fcribing externally a diftressful character , who may mife- rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a ...
... Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for the fame person to fucceed in de- fcribing externally a diftressful character , who may mife- rably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a ...
Page 16
... cace , and it might be worth examining how much Dryden has added purely from his own stock . combat , combat , which is told at length , in the 16 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS The frame of burnish'd steel that cast a glare ...
... cace , and it might be worth examining how much Dryden has added purely from his own stock . combat , combat , which is told at length , in the 16 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS The frame of burnish'd steel that cast a glare ...
Page 17
... Dryden . I shall select only the following picture of Sigifmonda , as it has the same attitude in which she appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majefty of grief destroys ...
... Dryden . I shall select only the following picture of Sigifmonda , as it has the same attitude in which she appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majefty of grief destroys ...
Page 19
... Dryden's works . Whilft lift'ning to the murm'ring leaves he food , More than a mile immers'd within the wood , At once the wind was laid - the whifp'ring found Was dumb - a rifing earthquake rock'd the ground : With deeper brown the ...
... Dryden's works . Whilft lift'ning to the murm'ring leaves he food , More than a mile immers'd within the wood , At once the wind was laid - the whifp'ring found Was dumb - a rifing earthquake rock'd the ground : With deeper brown the ...
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... Dryden , prefixed to the tranflation of Virgil . Lord Bolingbroke affured POPE , that Dryden often declared to him , that he got more from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ...
... Dryden , prefixed to the tranflation of Virgil . Lord Bolingbroke affured POPE , that Dryden often declared to him , that he got more from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ...
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