An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 38
... ancient claffics . The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The fol- lowing twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much ...
... ancient claffics . The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The fol- lowing twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much ...
Page 40
... and almost all the pieces of the ancients . A poem on a flight subject requires the greater care to make it con- fiderable enough to be read . " ployed ployed in the higher fcenes of poetry and fiction , 40 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... and almost all the pieces of the ancients . A poem on a flight subject requires the greater care to make it con- fiderable enough to be read . " ployed ployed in the higher fcenes of poetry and fiction , 40 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 45
... ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allufion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit . Æternorum operum cuftos fidelis , Quæftorque gazæ nobilioris , Quam cui præfuit Ion ...
... ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar . One allufion to Euripides of whom Milton is known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit . Æternorum operum cuftos fidelis , Quæftorque gazæ nobilioris , Quam cui præfuit Ion ...
Page 48
... ancient satirifts often use great liberty in their expreffions ; yet , as the ingenious hiftorian obferves , " their freedom no more resembles the licence of Rochester , than the nakedness of an Indian does that of a common prostitute ...
... ancient satirifts often use great liberty in their expreffions ; yet , as the ingenious hiftorian obferves , " their freedom no more resembles the licence of Rochester , than the nakedness of an Indian does that of a common prostitute ...
Page 91
... vii . a M. Racine , pag . 57 § " In rerum fyftemate vel optimè conftituto , debent effe diverfa animantium genera fuperiora , et inferiora , ut locus IT was an objection conftantly urged by the ancient Epicureans AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 91.
... vii . a M. Racine , pag . 57 § " In rerum fyftemate vel optimè conftituto , debent effe diverfa animantium genera fuperiora , et inferiora , ut locus IT was an objection conftantly urged by the ancient Epicureans AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 91.
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