An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 68
... fhall bear him company * . POPE has indulged himself in but few digreffions in this piece ; this is one of the moft poetical . Representations of undif- guifed nature and artlefs innocence always amuse and delight . The fimple notions ...
... fhall bear him company * . POPE has indulged himself in but few digreffions in this piece ; this is one of the moft poetical . Representations of undif- guifed nature and artlefs innocence always amuse and delight . The fimple notions ...
Page 121
... fhall think it an honour to imitate . the moderation and docility of the latter , in always sub- mitting all my private opinions to the decifion of the church . " London , Sept. 1 , 1742 . There is a circumftance in the letter of Ramfay ...
... fhall think it an honour to imitate . the moderation and docility of the latter , in always sub- mitting all my private opinions to the decifion of the church . " London , Sept. 1 , 1742 . There is a circumftance in the letter of Ramfay ...
Page 142
... fhall be your laft . " 13. Narciffa's nature , tolerably mild , To make a wash , would hardly stew a child ; Has ev'n been prov'd to grant a lover's pray'r ; And paid a tradefman once to make him ftare ; Gave alms at Easter , in a ...
... fhall be your laft . " 13. Narciffa's nature , tolerably mild , To make a wash , would hardly stew a child ; Has ev'n been prov'd to grant a lover's pray'r ; And paid a tradefman once to make him ftare ; Gave alms at Easter , in a ...
Page 152
... fhall know it - is an unmeaning expreffion , and a poor expletive , into which our poet was forced by the rhyme † . * Ver . 291 . La Rime gêne plus qu'elle n ' orne les vers , Elle les charge d'Epithétes ; elle rend fouvent la diction ...
... fhall know it - is an unmeaning expreffion , and a poor expletive , into which our poet was forced by the rhyme † . * Ver . 291 . La Rime gêne plus qu'elle n ' orne les vers , Elle les charge d'Epithétes ; elle rend fouvent la diction ...
Page 156
... fhall waft an army o'er , Or fhip off Senates to a diftant fhore ; A leaf , like Sybils ' , fcatter to and fro Our fates and fortunes , as the winds fhall blow ; * But there are many paffages in Milton of the most flowing foftness and ...
... fhall waft an army o'er , Or fhip off Senates to a diftant fhore ; A leaf , like Sybils ' , fcatter to and fro Our fates and fortunes , as the winds fhall blow ; * But there are many paffages in Milton of the most flowing foftness and ...
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