An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 112
... Our author's leading principle is , that Happiness is attainable by all men ; For mourn our various portions as we please , Equal is common Senfe , and common Ease . So So Horace alfo in Epift . 18. B. i . 112 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... Our author's leading principle is , that Happiness is attainable by all men ; For mourn our various portions as we please , Equal is common Senfe , and common Ease . So So Horace alfo in Epift . 18. B. i . 112 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 113
Joseph Warton. So Horace alfo in Epift . 18. B. i . Equum mî animum ipfe parabo . " But Horace ( fays a penetrating obferver on human life ) was grofsly mistaken : the thing for which he thought he stood in no need of Jupiter's ...
Joseph Warton. So Horace alfo in Epift . 18. B. i . Equum mî animum ipfe parabo . " But Horace ( fays a penetrating obferver on human life ) was grofsly mistaken : the thing for which he thought he stood in no need of Jupiter's ...
Page 191
... Horace * . The Duke , though at firft alarmed , was , it is faid , afterwards convinced of our author's inno- cence . I have thought it not improper to infert at length the following letter , as it contains the most direct and positive ...
... Horace * . The Duke , though at firft alarmed , was , it is faid , afterwards convinced of our author's inno- cence . I have thought it not improper to infert at length the following letter , as it contains the most direct and positive ...
Page 212
... HORACE and VIR- GIL and BOILEAU were formed , before they had an opportunity of flattering AUGUSTUS and LEWIS XIV . THOUGH POPE enlifted under the ban- ner of BOLINGBROKE , in what was called the country party , and in violent ...
... HORACE and VIR- GIL and BOILEAU were formed , before they had an opportunity of flattering AUGUSTUS and LEWIS XIV . THOUGH POPE enlifted under the ban- ner of BOLINGBROKE , in what was called the country party , and in violent ...
Page 219
... Horace more fuc- cessfully than POPE . It is obfervable that Boileau , when he first began to write , co- pied JUVENAL ; whofe violent , downright , declamatory fpecies of fatire , is far more eafy to be imitated , than the oblique , in ...
... Horace more fuc- cessfully than POPE . It is obfervable that Boileau , when he first began to write , co- pied JUVENAL ; whofe violent , downright , declamatory fpecies of fatire , is far more eafy to be imitated , than the oblique , in ...
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