An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... Poets , fome of which were done at fourteen or fifteen years old . His early bent to poetry has been already taken notice of in the first volume * , to which the following anec- dote must be added , which I lately received from one of ...
... Poets , fome of which were done at fourteen or fifteen years old . His early bent to poetry has been already taken notice of in the first volume * , to which the following anec- dote must be added , which I lately received from one of ...
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... poet , are , not only ftrong and circumftantial imagery , but tender and pathetic feeling , a most melo- dious flow of verfification , and a certain pleafing melancholy in his fentiments , the conftant companion of an elegant taste ...
... poet , are , not only ftrong and circumftantial imagery , but tender and pathetic feeling , a most melo- dious flow of verfification , and a certain pleafing melancholy in his fentiments , the conftant companion of an elegant taste ...
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... poet remains ftill the favourite of every reader of tafte and judgment . Homer copied true natural man- ners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will always form an agreeable and pleasing picture ; but the pencil of the English poet ...
... poet remains ftill the favourite of every reader of tafte and judgment . Homer copied true natural man- ners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will always form an agreeable and pleasing picture ; but the pencil of the English poet ...
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... poet of that time . " We muft not try the charming fallies of Ariofto by the rigid rules of Ariftotle . There is a remarkable letter of Bernardo Taffo , the father of Torquato , in which is this paffage . " Ne fò io s'Ariftotele ...
... poet of that time . " We muft not try the charming fallies of Ariofto by the rigid rules of Ariftotle . There is a remarkable letter of Bernardo Taffo , the father of Torquato , in which is this paffage . " Ne fò io s'Ariftotele ...
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... Poet or MAKER ; this is creation ; it is here , cc might we cry out to Spenfer , " it is here that you display to us , that you make us feel the fure effects of genuine poetry , όταν & λεγης , ὑπ ενθεσιασμε å και παθες βλεπειν δοκης ...
... Poet or MAKER ; this is creation ; it is here , cc might we cry out to Spenfer , " it is here that you display to us , that you make us feel the fure effects of genuine poetry , όταν & λεγης , ὑπ ενθεσιασμε å και παθες βλεπειν δοκης ...
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