An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 123
... letter to Swift , August 2 , 1731 . 66 - - Does POPE talk to you of the noble work , which , at my inftigation , he has begun in fuch a manner , that he must be convinced , by this time , I judged better of his talents than he did ...
... letter to Swift , August 2 , 1731 . 66 - - Does POPE talk to you of the noble work , which , at my inftigation , he has begun in fuch a manner , that he must be convinced , by this time , I judged better of his talents than he did ...
Page 124
... Effay from War- burton's Letters : and has added a tranflation alfo , with a large commentary , of the four fucceeding epiftles of POPE . Marmontel , Marmontel , in his Poetique Françoise , has paffed a 124 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... Effay from War- burton's Letters : and has added a tranflation alfo , with a large commentary , of the four fucceeding epiftles of POPE . Marmontel , Marmontel , in his Poetique Françoise , has paffed a 124 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 148
... letter that Dr. Young wrote to Mr. POPE , urging him to write fomething on the fide of Revelation , in order to take off the impressions of those doctrines which the Effay on Man were supposed to convey . He alluded to this in the ...
... letter that Dr. Young wrote to Mr. POPE , urging him to write fomething on the fide of Revelation , in order to take off the impressions of those doctrines which the Effay on Man were supposed to convey . He alluded to this in the ...
Page 164
... . of Voltaire . Atheism is a vile dish , though all the cooks of France combine to make new fauces for it . " Letters , quarto , page 385 . + Ver . 187 . The The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry 164 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... . of Voltaire . Atheism is a vile dish , though all the cooks of France combine to make new fauces for it . " Letters , quarto , page 385 . + Ver . 187 . The The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry 164 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 178
... Letter from Italy , yet he faid the poet had spoken in terms too general of the finest buildings and paintings , and without much difcrimination of taste . " Who had both tafte and zeal for the prefent ftyle , " fays Mr. Walpole , p ...
... Letter from Italy , yet he faid the poet had spoken in terms too general of the finest buildings and paintings , and without much difcrimination of taste . " Who had both tafte and zeal for the prefent ftyle , " fays Mr. Walpole , p ...
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