An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 181
... observed , that many years before this epiftle was written , and before Kent was employed as an improver of grounds , even fo early as the year 1713 , * I cannot forbear adding , in this place , the following anecdote from POPE to Mr ...
... observed , that many years before this epiftle was written , and before Kent was employed as an improver of grounds , even fo early as the year 1713 , * I cannot forbear adding , in this place , the following anecdote from POPE to Mr ...
Page 238
... observe the forms Of hairs , or straws , or dirt , or grubs , or worms † ! + 66 VERY elegant imagery , happily applied ! Addison has made a beautiful use of a fimi- lar image to a contrary purpose , and to il- luftrate excellence ...
... observe the forms Of hairs , or straws , or dirt , or grubs , or worms † ! + 66 VERY elegant imagery , happily applied ! Addison has made a beautiful use of a fimi- lar image to a contrary purpose , and to il- luftrate excellence ...
Page 276
... observe ( from the old Commentator * ) that the verbs tranfmanto , and habento , are , in the " Vide ut very style of the Roman law , directis jurifconfultorum verbis utitur ad Trebatium jurifconfultum . 2. Aut fi tantus amor fcribendi ...
... observe ( from the old Commentator * ) that the verbs tranfmanto , and habento , are , in the " Vide ut very style of the Roman law , directis jurifconfultorum verbis utitur ad Trebatium jurifconfultum . 2. Aut fi tantus amor fcribendi ...
Page 292
... observed , that he afterwards , in the year 1683 , threw afide this disguife ; openly avowing the occafion that gave rise to the poem , the scene of which was not Bourges or Pourges , as before he had faid , but Paris itself ; the ...
... observed , that he afterwards , in the year 1683 , threw afide this disguife ; openly avowing the occafion that gave rise to the poem , the scene of which was not Bourges or Pourges , as before he had faid , but Paris itself ; the ...
Page 317
... Observations on the converfion of St. Paul , with clearness and Sicut fortis equus fpatio qui forte fupremo Vicit Olympia , nunc fenio confectu quiefcit . Ennius , poeta antiquus ( fays Jof . Scaliger , with his ufual bluntnefs ) in ...
... Observations on the converfion of St. Paul , with clearness and Sicut fortis equus fpatio qui forte fupremo Vicit Olympia , nunc fenio confectu quiefcit . Ennius , poeta antiquus ( fays Jof . Scaliger , with his ufual bluntnefs ) in ...
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