The DunciadM. Cooper, 1970 - 235 pages |
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Page xxix
... hath already acknowledged how juftly they are drawn : The manners are fo depicted , and the fentiments fo pecu- liar to those to whom applied , that furely to transfer them to any other or wifer perfonages , would be exceeding difficult ...
... hath already acknowledged how juftly they are drawn : The manners are fo depicted , and the fentiments fo pecu- liar to those to whom applied , that furely to transfer them to any other or wifer perfonages , would be exceeding difficult ...
Page 221
... hath done this , and in that particular excelled both Theo- critus and Virgil . As Simplicity is the distinguishing characteristic of Paftoral , Virgil hath been thought guilty of too courtly a ftyle ; his language is perfectly pure ...
... hath done this , and in that particular excelled both Theo- critus and Virgil . As Simplicity is the distinguishing characteristic of Paftoral , Virgil hath been thought guilty of too courtly a ftyle ; his language is perfectly pure ...
Page 233
... hath got a notable knack of rhyming and writing smooth verse ' . Mr. POPE'S HOMER . The Homer which Lintot prints , does not talk like Homer , but like Pope ; and he who tranflated him one would fwear had a Hill in Tipperary for his ...
... hath got a notable knack of rhyming and writing smooth verse ' . Mr. POPE'S HOMER . The Homer which Lintot prints , does not talk like Homer , but like Pope ; and he who tranflated him one would fwear had a Hill in Tipperary for his ...
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