An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 72
... fecret of Virgil's art , which was to discover the very fingle epithet that precifely fuited each occafion . i : : * Ver . 210 . 14. Without 14. Without this just gradation , could they be Subjected 72 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... fecret of Virgil's art , which was to discover the very fingle epithet that precifely fuited each occafion . i : : * Ver . 210 . 14. Without 14. Without this just gradation , could they be Subjected 72 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 150
... Virgil . Our author seldom writes many lines toge- ther without an antithesis . It must be allowed sometimes to add strength to a sentiment , by an opposition of images ; * Voltaire speaks thus of La Motte : so popular and acute a ...
... Virgil . Our author seldom writes many lines toge- ther without an antithesis . It must be allowed sometimes to add strength to a sentiment , by an opposition of images ; * Voltaire speaks thus of La Motte : so popular and acute a ...
Page 159
... Virgil , with much pleasantry , Jam cornu petat , & pedibus qui spargat arenam . † Alluding to the prizes that Achilles bestows in the games of Homer . Iliad . 23. b . Ver . 67 . For For surely that vice deserves the keenest invective ...
... Virgil , with much pleasantry , Jam cornu petat , & pedibus qui spargat arenam . † Alluding to the prizes that Achilles bestows in the games of Homer . Iliad . 23. b . Ver . 67 . For For surely that vice deserves the keenest invective ...
Page 168
... Virgil has described the prognostics of the weather in his first Georgic , let us only confider with what energy he has enumerated and particularized the gestures and attitudes of his dying Dido . No five verses ever contained more ...
... Virgil has described the prognostics of the weather in his first Georgic , let us only confider with what energy he has enumerated and particularized the gestures and attitudes of his dying Dido . No five verses ever contained more ...
Page 227
... VIRGIL and VIDA are faid , by LIL . GYRALDUS , to have had a plain rustic look ; and OVID and CARDINAL BEMBO , to be slender and active ; as also was TI- Q2 BULLUS . : BULLUS . The portraits of DANTE , PE- TRARCH , AND WRITINGS OF POPE ...
... VIRGIL and VIDA are faid , by LIL . GYRALDUS , to have had a plain rustic look ; and OVID and CARDINAL BEMBO , to be slender and active ; as also was TI- Q2 BULLUS . : BULLUS . The portraits of DANTE , PE- TRARCH , AND WRITINGS OF POPE ...
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