An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece , would would undoubtedly fuppofe that he abounded in filthy images , of ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece , would would undoubtedly fuppofe that he abounded in filthy images , of ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Joseph Warton. would undoubtedly fuppofe that he abounded in filthy images , and excelled in defcribing the lower fcenes of life . But the characteristics of this fweet and amiable allegorical poet , are , not only ftrong and ...
Joseph Warton. would undoubtedly fuppofe that he abounded in filthy images , and excelled in defcribing the lower fcenes of life . But the characteristics of this fweet and amiable allegorical poet , are , not only ftrong and ...
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... images , one would have thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with fo much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . Book II . Canto 12. Stanza 71 . The ...
... images , one would have thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with fo much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . Book II . Canto 12. Stanza 71 . The ...
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... images , art- fully interspersed in the drieft paffages , which stood moft in need of fuch orna- inents . Nevertheless there are too many lines , in this performance , plain and pro- faic . The meaner the subject is of a pre- ceptive ...
... images , art- fully interspersed in the drieft paffages , which stood moft in need of fuch orna- inents . Nevertheless there are too many lines , in this performance , plain and pro- faic . The meaner the subject is of a pre- ceptive ...
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... image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the drynefs in the argumentative parts of the Effay , and interesting the reader . 6. The foul uneafy , and confin'd from home ; Refts and ...
... image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the drynefs in the argumentative parts of the Effay , and interesting the reader . 6. The foul uneafy , and confin'd from home ; Refts and ...
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