An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 84
... taste for thefe ftudies . The only fault lies , in letting any of those inferior tastes , engross the whole man to the exclufion of the nobler pursuits of vir- tue and humanity * . " We may here apply an elegant obfervation of Tully ...
... taste for thefe ftudies . The only fault lies , in letting any of those inferior tastes , engross the whole man to the exclufion of the nobler pursuits of vir- tue and humanity * . " We may here apply an elegant obfervation of Tully ...
Page 128
Joseph Warton. religious , and particularly the Jefuits , per ceiving that a taste for learning began widely to diffuse itself among the laity , could find no furer method of repreffing it , than by treating the learned character as ...
Joseph Warton. religious , and particularly the Jefuits , per ceiving that a taste for learning began widely to diffuse itself among the laity , could find no furer method of repreffing it , than by treating the learned character as ...
Page 150
... taste , as the following words of the fame Voltaire : " Homere n'a jamais fait répandre de pleurs . " Affectus quidem vel illos mites vel hos concitatos , nemo erit tam indoctus qui non in fuâ poteftate hunc auctorem habuiffe fateatur ...
... taste , as the following words of the fame Voltaire : " Homere n'a jamais fait répandre de pleurs . " Affectus quidem vel illos mites vel hos concitatos , nemo erit tam indoctus qui non in fuâ poteftate hunc auctorem habuiffe fateatur ...
Page 151
... taste for the fimplicity of the best ancients * , have generally run into a frequent use of point , oppofition , and con- traft . They who begin to study painting , are struck at first with the pieces of the moft vivid colouring ; they ...
... taste for the fimplicity of the best ancients * , have generally run into a frequent use of point , oppofition , and con- traft . They who begin to study painting , are struck at first with the pieces of the moft vivid colouring ; they ...
Page 166
... taste will always admire the minute defcription of the helmet and creft , at verse the 257th ; the clapping of the wings of the Heron which they could not fee ; the Squatting down among the dead bodies till Dolon had paffed ; Ulyffes ...
... taste will always admire the minute defcription of the helmet and creft , at verse the 257th ; the clapping of the wings of the Heron which they could not fee ; the Squatting down among the dead bodies till Dolon had paffed ; Ulyffes ...
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