An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 34
... reader may find in Mr. Hurd's enter- taining letter to Mr. Mason , on the Marks of imitation , pag . 19 , and in Obfervations on the Faery Queen , pag . 2 , 3 , 4. " How happened it , fays Mr. Hurd , that Sir Philip Sydney in his ...
... reader may find in Mr. Hurd's enter- taining letter to Mr. Mason , on the Marks of imitation , pag . 19 , and in Obfervations on the Faery Queen , pag . 2 , 3 , 4. " How happened it , fays Mr. Hurd , that Sir Philip Sydney in his ...
Page 58
... no fictions , no tale or ftory , and has relied chiefly on the poetry of his ftile , for the purpose of interefting his readers . His ftile is con- cife and figurative , forcible and elegant . He has cife . 58 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... no fictions , no tale or ftory , and has relied chiefly on the poetry of his ftile , for the purpose of interefting his readers . His ftile is con- cife and figurative , forcible and elegant . He has cife . 58 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Joseph Warton. • THIS opening is awful , and commands the attention of the reader . The word awake has peculiar force , and obliquely alludes to his noble friend's leaving his political , for philofophical pursuits . May I venture to ...
Joseph Warton. • THIS opening is awful , and commands the attention of the reader . The word awake has peculiar force , and obliquely alludes to his noble friend's leaving his political , for philofophical pursuits . May I venture to ...
Page 67
... reader . 6. The foul uneasy , and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates in a life to come . IN former editions it used to be printed at home ; but this expreffion feeming to exclude a future exiftence , as , to speak the plain truth ...
... reader . 6. The foul uneasy , and confin'd from home , Refts and expatiates in a life to come . IN former editions it used to be printed at home ; but this expreffion feeming to exclude a future exiftence , as , to speak the plain truth ...
Page 82
... reader of the poets of Palingenius's age , fome of whom he pub- lished , was more likely to fall upon , than on this thought of Plato . * Ver . 34 Simia cœlicolûm rifufque jocufque deorum eft ; Tunc homo , Simia 82 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... reader of the poets of Palingenius's age , fome of whom he pub- lished , was more likely to fall upon , than on this thought of Plato . * Ver . 34 Simia cœlicolûm rifufque jocufque deorum eft ; Tunc homo , Simia 82 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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