An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... - What rhyme adds to fweetness , it takes away from fenfe . " DRYDEN . - The rhymes in L'Allegro and Il Penfe- rofo are juft and correct . affected affected fo much in blank verfe , would not have AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 155.
... - What rhyme adds to fweetness , it takes away from fenfe . " DRYDEN . - The rhymes in L'Allegro and Il Penfe- rofo are juft and correct . affected affected fo much in blank verfe , would not have AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 155.
Page 156
Joseph Warton. affected fo much in blank verfe , would not have been fupported even in Milton , had not his subject turned fo much on such Strange and out of the world things as it does * . " - May we not , however , venture to obferve ...
Joseph Warton. affected fo much in blank verfe , would not have been fupported even in Milton , had not his subject turned fo much on such Strange and out of the world things as it does * . " - May we not , however , venture to obferve ...
Page 166
... verfe 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 biffing to Diomed as a fig- nal ; the ftriking the horses with his bow ...
... verfe 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 biffing to Diomed as a fig- nal ; the ftriking the horses with his bow ...
Page 174
... verfe that follows ; as the expression in the second line expofes the meanness of it , in falling proudly , to no purpofe . " - Perhaps the fame may be faid of a note that follows , on verfe 333 . " Cutler and Brutus , dying , both ...
... verfe that follows ; as the expression in the second line expofes the meanness of it , in falling proudly , to no purpofe . " - Perhaps the fame may be faid of a note that follows , on verfe 333 . " Cutler and Brutus , dying , both ...
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... verfe 81 , The wood fupports the plain , the parts unite , And strength of fshade contends with strength of light . Indeed , the two arts in question differ only in the materials which they employ . And it is neither exaggeration or ...
... verfe 81 , The wood fupports the plain , the parts unite , And strength of fshade contends with strength of light . Indeed , the two arts in question differ only in the materials which they employ . And it is neither exaggeration or ...
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