An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 37
... must be added that exquifite piece of wild and romantic imagery , Thomson's Castle of Indolence ; the first canto of which in particular , is marvellously pleasing , and the ftanzas have a greater flow and freedom than his blank - verse ...
... must be added that exquifite piece of wild and romantic imagery , Thomson's Castle of Indolence ; the first canto of which in particular , is marvellously pleasing , and the ftanzas have a greater flow and freedom than his blank - verse ...
Page 41
... must be accompanied with a conceit . Daphne , now a tree , as once a maid , Still from Apollo vindicates her shade . The flowers that grow on the water - fide could not be fufficiently defcribed without faying , that The pale Narciffus ...
... must be accompanied with a conceit . Daphne , now a tree , as once a maid , Still from Apollo vindicates her shade . The flowers that grow on the water - fide could not be fufficiently defcribed without faying , that The pale Narciffus ...
Page 43
... must therefore insert a fpecimen of this , his excellence . Ergo iterum verfus ? dices . O Vane ! quid ergo Morbum ejurafti toties , tibi qui infidet altis , Non evellendus , vi vel ratione , medullis ? Numne poetarum ( merito dices ) ...
... must therefore insert a fpecimen of this , his excellence . Ergo iterum verfus ? dices . O Vane ! quid ergo Morbum ejurafti toties , tibi qui infidet altis , Non evellendus , vi vel ratione , medullis ? Numne poetarum ( merito dices ) ...
Page 55
... must get fome fupper for you I fuppofe . - No , Doctor , we have fupped al- ready * .- Supped already , that is impoffi ble , why it is not eight o'clock - Indeed we have - That's very ftrange ; but if had not fupped , I must have got ...
... must get fome fupper for you I fuppofe . - No , Doctor , we have fupped al- ready * .- Supped already , that is impoffi ble , why it is not eight o'clock - Indeed we have - That's very ftrange ; but if had not fupped , I must have got ...
Page 57
... must have feen and felt what he defcribes , and muft draw from living models alone ; and if modern times , from their luxury and re- finement , afford not manners that will bear to be described ; it will then follow , that thofe fpecies ...
... must have feen and felt what he defcribes , and muft draw from living models alone ; and if modern times , from their luxury and re- finement , afford not manners that will bear to be described ; it will then follow , that thofe fpecies ...
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