An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 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 207
... personification is taken , though it happens not to be observed by any of his com- mentators , from the Hera and Leander of Mufæus , V. 280 . 38. And 38. And scarce are seen the proftrate NILE or RHINE AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 207.
... personification is taken , though it happens not to be observed by any of his com- mentators , from the Hera and Leander of Mufæus , V. 280 . 38. And 38. And scarce are seen the proftrate NILE or RHINE AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 207.
Page 227
... observed that a reader seldom perufes a book with pleasure , ' till he knows whe- ther the writer of it be a black or fair man , of a mild or cholerick difpofition , married or a batchelor . " I will add , at the hazard of its being ...
... observed that a reader seldom perufes a book with pleasure , ' till he knows whe- ther the writer of it be a black or fair man , of a mild or cholerick difpofition , married or a batchelor . " I will add , at the hazard of its being ...
Page 276
... observe ( from the old Commentator * ) that the verbs tranfnanto , and habento , are , in the very style of the Roman law , " Vide ut directis jurifconfultorum verbis utitur ad Trebatium jurifconfultum . 2. Aut fi tantus amor fcribendi ...
... observe ( from the old Commentator * ) that the verbs tranfnanto , and habento , are , in the very style of the Roman law , " Vide ut 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 difguife ; openly avowing the occafion that gave rife 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 difguife ; openly avowing the occafion that gave rife to the poem , the scene of which was not Bourges or Pourges , as before he had faid , but Paris itself ; the ...
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