An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 131
... lively manner , and with a perfect know- ledge of nature . I cannot forbear placing before the reader Tully's pourtrait of Ca- taline , whofe inconfiftencies and varieties of conduct are thus enumerated : " Ute- Ver . 71 . K 2 batur ...
... lively manner , and with a perfect know- ledge of nature . I cannot forbear placing before the reader Tully's pourtrait of Ca- taline , whofe inconfiftencies and varieties of conduct are thus enumerated : " Ute- Ver . 71 . K 2 batur ...
Page 139
... lively , because the most dramatic , to the king in council , and procured an honourable decree in his favour , fetting forth , that works of genius fhould not be deemed Effects that were capable of being feized . This writer's works ...
... lively , because the most dramatic , to the king in council , and procured an honourable decree in his favour , fetting forth , that works of genius fhould not be deemed Effects that were capable of being feized . This writer's works ...
Page 142
... lively , though uncommon . I fcarcely remember one of them in our comic writers of the beft order . The ridi- cule is heightened by many fuch strokes of humour , carried even to the borders of ex- travagance , as that in the second line ...
... lively , though uncommon . I fcarcely remember one of them in our comic writers of the beft order . The ridi- cule is heightened by many fuch strokes of humour , carried even to the borders of ex- travagance , as that in the second line ...
Page 152
... lively antitheses , un- expectedly darted forth , are contemptible for the very causes which once excited our admiration . ' Tis then we relish Terence , Cæfar , and Xenophon . 16. Kept drofs for Ducheffes , the world shall know it , To ...
... lively antitheses , un- expectedly darted forth , are contemptible for the very causes which once excited our admiration . ' Tis then we relish Terence , Cæfar , and Xenophon . 16. Kept drofs for Ducheffes , the world shall know it , To ...
Page 158
... lively and amiable old nobleman , the late Lord BATHURST , told me , " that he was much furprized to fee what he had with repeated pleasure so often read as an epiftle addreffed to himself , in this edition . converted into a dialogue ...
... lively and amiable old nobleman , the late Lord BATHURST , told me , " that he was much furprized to fee what he had with repeated pleasure so often read as an epiftle addreffed to himself , in this edition . converted into a dialogue ...
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