An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 146
... perfon that was reading them to her , and called out aloud- " I cannot be fo impofed upon - I fee plainly enough for whom they are defigned ; " and abufed POPE moft plen- tifully on the fubject ; though he was afterwards reconciled to ...
... perfon that was reading them to her , and called out aloud- " I cannot be fo impofed upon - I fee plainly enough for whom they are defigned ; " and abufed POPE moft plen- tifully on the fubject ; though he was afterwards reconciled to ...
Page 171
... perfon of Eve ; but in how many others has Milton drawn his figures , and expreffed his images , with energy and distinctness ? Under a coronet his flowing hair In curls on either cheek play'd ; wings he wore Of many a colour'd plume ...
... perfon of Eve ; but in how many others has Milton drawn his figures , and expreffed his images , with energy and distinctness ? Under a coronet his flowing hair In curls on either cheek play'd ; wings he wore Of many a colour'd plume ...
Page 177
... perfon , who had every quality of a genius and artift , except envy . Though his own defigns were more chafte and claffic than Kent's , he entertained him in his house till his death , and was more ftudious to extend his friend's fame ...
... perfon , who had every quality of a genius and artift , except envy . Though his own defigns were more chafte and claffic than Kent's , he entertained him in his house till his death , and was more ftudious to extend his friend's fame ...
Page 194
... perfon's villa . It's an aukward thing for a man to print , in defence of his own work , against a chimæra : you know not who , or what , you fight against ; the objections start up in a new shape , like the armies and phan- toms of ...
... perfon's villa . It's an aukward thing for a man to print , in defence of his own work , against a chimæra : you know not who , or what , you fight against ; the objections start up in a new shape , like the armies and phan- toms of ...
Page 217
... perfon , morals , and family . If Boileau ridicules and rallies vile writers , with more feeming pleafantry and good - humour , yet we ought to re- collect , that Boileau was the aggreffor , and had received no previous abufe , when he ...
... perfon , morals , and family . If Boileau ridicules and rallies vile writers , with more feeming pleafantry and good - humour , yet we ought to re- collect , that Boileau was the aggreffor , and had received no previous abufe , when he ...
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