An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 39
... first delight ; Admiring in the gloomy fhade , Those little drops of light . * Spenfer and Waller were POPE's great favourites , as he told Mr. Spence , in the order they are named , in his early reading . Ꭰ 4 . Then Then at Aurora ...
... first delight ; Admiring in the gloomy fhade , Those little drops of light . * Spenfer and Waller were POPE's great favourites , as he told Mr. Spence , in the order they are named , in his early reading . Ꭰ 4 . Then Then at Aurora ...
Page 53
... first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a forceress or jugler who could convey away bread , and perform acts of conjuration with dead bodies : This is precifely the Lord Peter of Swift , who presents a piece of bread to his two bro ...
... first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a forceress or jugler who could convey away bread , and perform acts of conjuration with dead bodies : This is precifely the Lord Peter of Swift , who presents a piece of bread to his two bro ...
Page 54
... first that comes into my head . and I went to fee him . One evening Gay On our coming in , * Oeuvres de Voltaire a Geneve . Tom . 4 , pag . 223. 1756 . + The archbishop of Armagh Dr. Hoadly , happening to object one day in Swift's ...
... first that comes into my head . and I went to fee him . One evening Gay On our coming in , * Oeuvres de Voltaire a Geneve . Tom . 4 , pag . 223. 1756 . + The archbishop of Armagh Dr. Hoadly , happening to object one day in Swift's ...
Page 58
... FIRST preface , " that he chose this epiftolary way of writing , not- withstanding his fubject was high , and of dignity , because of its being mixed with argument which of its nature approacheth to profe . " He has not wandered into ...
... FIRST preface , " that he chose this epiftolary way of writing , not- withstanding his fubject was high , and of dignity , because of its being mixed with argument which of its nature approacheth to profe . " He has not wandered into ...
Page 60
... first reading thofe effays , he was much pleafed , but found fome lines a little dark : On the second , moft of them cleared up , and his pleasure increased : On the third , he had no doubt remaining , and then he admired the whole ...
... first reading thofe effays , he was much pleafed , but found fome lines a little dark : On the second , moft of them cleared up , and his pleasure increased : On the third , he had no doubt remaining , and then he admired the whole ...
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