An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 221
... Horace are more full of humour , than this ludicrous punishment of the poor creditor . 4. Nine years ! cries he , who high in Drury - Lane , Lull'd by foft zephyrs thro ' the broken pane , Rhymes ere he wakes Qui facit in parvā fublimia ...
... Horace are more full of humour , than this ludicrous punishment of the poor creditor . 4. Nine years ! cries he , who high in Drury - Lane , Lull'd by foft zephyrs thro ' the broken pane , Rhymes ere he wakes Qui facit in parvā fublimia ...
Page 225
... Horace , and tho ' lean , am short ; Ammon's great fon one shoulder had too high , Such Ovid's nofe , and , Sir , you have an eye ‡ . THE Imallest perfonal particularities are interefting in eminent men . We liften with pleasure to ...
... Horace , and tho ' lean , am short ; Ammon's great fon one shoulder had too high , Such Ovid's nofe , and , Sir , you have an eye ‡ . THE Imallest perfonal particularities are interefting in eminent men . We liften with pleasure to ...
Page 226
... Horace * are more agreeable than- ** Me pinguem & nitidum bene curatā cute vifes- Lufum it Męcęnas , dormitum ego Virgiliusque- Namque pila lippis inimicum & ludere crudis― Me primis urbis belli placuiffe domique ; Corporis exigui ...
... Horace * are more agreeable than- ** Me pinguem & nitidum bene curatā cute vifes- Lufum it Męcęnas , dormitum ego Virgiliusque- Namque pila lippis inimicum & ludere crudis― Me primis urbis belli placuiffe domique ; Corporis exigui ...
Page 233
... HORACE , and above all , Differtation on the Epiftles of PHALARIS , ( in which he • Ver . 163 . gained the most complete victory over a whole army of gained AND WRITINGS OF POPE , 233 of each of these three couplets, contains as ...
... HORACE , and above all , Differtation on the Epiftles of PHALARIS , ( in which he • Ver . 163 . gained the most complete victory over a whole army of gained AND WRITINGS OF POPE , 233 of each of these three couplets, contains as ...
Page 246
... Horace and he went hand in hand in fong . His library ( where bufts of poets dead * , And a true Pindar ftood without a head ) Receiv'd The poverty of Butler is often mentioned among the diftreffes of poets , as a reproach to his age ...
... Horace and he went hand in hand in fong . His library ( where bufts of poets dead * , And a true Pindar ftood without a head ) Receiv'd The poverty of Butler is often mentioned among the diftreffes of poets , as a reproach to his age ...
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