An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 33
... appear ridi- culous as foon as they lofe the recommendation of the mode . " But they had not ceafed to be the mode in Spenfer's time . VOL . II . D Spenfer Spenfer has minutely drawn with so much clearness and truth AND WRITINGS OF POPE ...
... appear ridi- culous as foon as they lofe the recommendation of the mode . " But they had not ceafed to be the mode in Spenfer's time . VOL . II . D Spenfer Spenfer has minutely drawn with so much clearness and truth AND WRITINGS OF POPE ...
Page 40
... appear , All thofe he ' gan despise ; His wonder was determin'd there , / And could no higher rife , Which of the French writers has produced any thing at once fo gallant and fo lofty ? The English verfification was much fmoothed by ...
... appear , All thofe he ' gan despise ; His wonder was determin'd there , / And could no higher rife , Which of the French writers has produced any thing at once fo gallant and fo lofty ? The English verfification was much fmoothed by ...
Page 59
... appears the art of the poet : It is even of use perhaps to chuse a low fubject . In this refpect Virgil had the advantage over Lucretius ; the latter , with all his vigour and fublimity of genius , could hardly fatisfy and come up to ...
... appears the art of the poet : It is even of use perhaps to chuse a low fubject . In this refpect Virgil had the advantage over Lucretius ; the latter , with all his vigour and fublimity of genius , could hardly fatisfy and come up to ...
Page 65
... appears To want the ftrength of bulls , the fur of bears . " Afk not merely , why man is naked , why unhoofed , why flower footed than the beafts : Afk , why he has not wings alfo for the air , fins for the water , and fo on : that he ...
... appears To want the ftrength of bulls , the fur of bears . " Afk not merely , why man is naked , why unhoofed , why flower footed than the beafts : Afk , why he has not wings alfo for the air , fins for the water , and fo on : that he ...
Page 86
... appears to be this ; " That the Stoics , in their character of their virtuous man , included rational defire , averfion , and exultation ; included love , and parental affection ; friendship , and a general charity or bene- volence to ...
... appears to be this ; " That the Stoics , in their character of their virtuous man , included rational defire , averfion , and exultation ; included love , and parental affection ; friendship , and a general charity or bene- volence to ...
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