An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756-1782) |
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... seems to have been OMINOUS . " I am not perfuaded that all true genius died with POPE and presume that the Seasons ... seem to tread the sky , Th ' eternal fnows appear already past , And the first clouds , and mountains feem the laft ...
... seems to have been OMINOUS . " I am not perfuaded that all true genius died with POPE and presume that the Seasons ... seem to tread the sky , Th ' eternal fnows appear already past , And the first clouds , and mountains feem the laft ...
Page 142
... seem to prop the high arch of heaven . See ! with what trem- bling steps poor mankind tread the narrow brink of the deep precipices ! From whence with giddy horror they look down , mistrust- ing even the ground that bears them ; whilft ...
... seem to prop the high arch of heaven . See ! with what trem- bling steps poor mankind tread the narrow brink of the deep precipices ! From whence with giddy horror they look down , mistrust- ing even the ground that bears them ; whilft ...
Page 279
... seems pleased , as it suited the romantic turn of his mind . See his MANSUS , Siquando indigenas revocabo in carmina reges , Arthurumque etiam , & c . Ipfe ego Dardanias Rutupina per æquora puppes , Dicam , & Pandrafidos regnum vetus ...
... seems pleased , as it suited the romantic turn of his mind . See his MANSUS , Siquando indigenas revocabo in carmina reges , Arthurumque etiam , & c . Ipfe ego Dardanias Rutupina per æquora puppes , Dicam , & Pandrafidos regnum vetus ...
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Abelard Addiſon almoſt alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant cauſe character circumſtances cloſe compofition Corneille criticiſm defign deſcribed deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegant Eloifa Engliſh Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firſt folemn fome fpecies ftrokes fublime fuch fufficiently fylphs genius greateſt himſelf hiſtory Homer Iliad images imagination inftance itſelf Jane Shore juſt laft laſt loft meaſure Milton moſt mufic muſic muſt nature numbers o'er obfervations occafion Ovid paffage paffion paſs pathetic perfon Petrarch pieces Pindar pleaſed pleaſure poefy poem poet poetical poetry POPE praiſes prefent profe publiſhed Quintilian Racine raiſed reaſon remarkable repreſent reſemblance reſpect ſay ſcene ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpecies ſpeech ſpirit ſtanza ſtory ſtriking ſtrong ſtyle ſubject ſuch taſte themſelves Theocritus theſe thoſe thought tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe writing