An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 39
... never had been ufed to the furprifing juice of the grape , render up cup " this is fufficiently gallant , but what he adds has much of the fublime , and is like a thought of Milton's . their reafon to the firft delicious To man that was ...
... never had been ufed to the furprifing juice of the grape , render up cup " this is fufficiently gallant , but what he adds has much of the fublime , and is like a thought of Milton's . their reafon to the firft delicious To man that was ...
Page 54
... Swift answered with his usual roughness— “ I could never get the block- head to ftudy his grammar . " Hey - day , Hey - day , gentlemen , fays the Dean , 54 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS I SHALL Conclude this fection with a ...
... Swift answered with his usual roughness— “ I could never get the block- head to ftudy his grammar . " Hey - day , Hey - day , gentlemen , fays the Dean , 54 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS I SHALL Conclude this fection with a ...
Page 60
... never one of his letters . imagine you were fo deep in morals , or that fo many new and excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and agreeably in that fcience , from any one head . I confefs in fome places I was forced to ...
... never one of his letters . imagine you were fo deep in morals , or that fo many new and excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and agreeably in that fcience , from any one head . I confefs in fome places I was forced to ...
Page 68
... never taught to ftray , Far as the folar walk or milky way ; d ; Yet fimple nature to his hope has giv'n , Behind the cloud - topp'd hill an humbler heav'n : Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd , Some happier ifland in the wat ...
... never taught to ftray , Far as the folar walk or milky way ; d ; Yet fimple nature to his hope has giv'n , Behind the cloud - topp'd hill an humbler heav'n : Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd , Some happier ifland in the wat ...
Page 73
... never employing in one thing more than enough ; but with exact œconomy retrenching the fuperfluous , and adding force to what is principal in every thing . And is not thought and reafon principal in man ? Would we have no referve for ...
... never employing in one thing more than enough ; but with exact œconomy retrenching the fuperfluous , and adding force to what is principal in every thing . And is not thought and reafon principal in man ? Would we have no referve for ...
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