The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius |
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Page 54
... ftriking inftances of Mr. POPE's talent for defcription , appear in the course of his works , and fome will be taken notice of in their proper places . It is certain , that defcriptive poetry can claim but a very fubordinate rank in the ...
... ftriking inftances of Mr. POPE's talent for defcription , appear in the course of his works , and fome will be taken notice of in their proper places . It is certain , that defcriptive poetry can claim but a very fubordinate rank in the ...
Page 61
... ftriking and poetical than the beautiful personifications here introduced . To talk of the flatnefs in the beginning of this ftanza , is as if a learner in the mathema- tics fhould cenfure the drynefs of a theorem , because he does not ...
... ftriking and poetical than the beautiful personifications here introduced . To talk of the flatnefs in the beginning of this ftanza , is as if a learner in the mathema- tics fhould cenfure the drynefs of a theorem , because he does not ...
Page 78
... ftriking metaphor , is nicely appropriated to illuftrate the fentiment ; and is , perhaps , the beft apology that can be offered for the feemingly bold deviations of the antients . Tranfported with their beauties , he breaks out into a ...
... ftriking metaphor , is nicely appropriated to illuftrate the fentiment ; and is , perhaps , the beft apology that can be offered for the feemingly bold deviations of the antients . Tranfported with their beauties , he breaks out into a ...
Page 86
... ftriking . " The noife and turbulence of the torrent , " this writer continues , " is indeed diftinctly imagined ; for , " he adds , " it requires very " little fkill to make our language rough . 60 " But , " " But , " he proceeds ...
... ftriking . " The noife and turbulence of the torrent , " this writer continues , " is indeed diftinctly imagined ; for , " he adds , " it requires very " little fkill to make our language rough . 60 " But , " " But , " he proceeds ...
Page 92
... ftriking apoftrophe , in which he has drawn a finished picture of a true critic . * This paffage reminds me of a beautiful thought of Dr. Young's , who fays- " Good - breeding is the bloffom of good fenfe . " " But " But where's the man ...
... ftriking apoftrophe , in which he has drawn a finished picture of a true critic . * This paffage reminds me of a beautiful thought of Dr. Young's , who fays- " Good - breeding is the bloffom of good fenfe . " " But " But where's the man ...
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affured againſt beautiful becauſe beft cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplay Dunciad Effay effayift epiftle ev'ry excellent expreffed faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fenfibility fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking fubject fublime fuch fuperior fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrates imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft juſt laft laſt leaft learned lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferves occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon piece pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's prefent preferved profe publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſe reafon refpect ridicule ſay ſeems ſpeak tafte thefe theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation uſe verfe verfification virtue whofe writings