An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 68
Joseph Warton. 7. Lo the poor Indian ! whofe untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the wind ; His foul proud fcience never taught to ftray , Far as the folar walk or milky way ; Yet fimple nature to his hope has giv❜n ...
Joseph Warton. 7. Lo the poor Indian ! whofe untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the wind ; His foul proud fcience never taught to ftray , Far as the folar walk or milky way ; Yet fimple nature to his hope has giv❜n ...
Page 75
... MIND of ALL ordains § . Here again we must infert another noble fentiment of the fame lofty writer , * Locke's Effay on Human Understanding , vol , ii . pag . 49 . † Ver . 245 . 1 Πηρεται γαρ το όλοκληροι , αν και ότι αν διακοψης της ...
... MIND of ALL ordains § . Here again we must infert another noble fentiment of the fame lofty writer , * Locke's Effay on Human Understanding , vol , ii . pag . 49 . † Ver . 245 . 1 Πηρεται γαρ το όλοκληροι , αν και ότι αν διακοψης της ...
Page 85
... mind is exercise , not rest . * Ver . 97 . + When I am writing , fays Fontenelle , I often stop and afk ; " Do I myself understand this fentence ? " And yet , Fontenelle , whom the French accufe of introducing the ab- rupt , affected ...
... mind is exercise , not rest . * Ver . 97 . + When I am writing , fays Fontenelle , I often stop and afk ; " Do I myself understand this fentence ? " And yet , Fontenelle , whom the French accufe of introducing the ab- rupt , affected ...
Page 87
... mind * . 27. On different fenfes different objects strike + . A didactic poet who has happily in- dulged himself in bolder flights of enthu- * Ver . 120 . G4 + Ver . 127 . fiafm , fiafm , fupported by a more figurative stile , than AND ...
... mind * . 27. On different fenfes different objects strike + . A didactic poet who has happily in- dulged himself in bolder flights of enthu- * Ver . 120 . G4 + Ver . 127 . fiafm , fiafm , fupported by a more figurative stile , than AND ...
Page 88
... minds Incline to diff'rent objects : one pursues , The vaft alone , the wonderful , the wild ; Another fighs for harmony , and grace , And gentlest beauty . Hence when lightning fires The arch of heav'n , and thunders rock the ground ...
... minds Incline to diff'rent objects : one pursues , The vaft alone , the wonderful , the wild ; Another fighs for harmony , and grace , And gentlest beauty . Hence when lightning fires The arch of heav'n , and thunders rock the ground ...
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