An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Joseph Warton. language . These ancient strains were , how- ever , fufficiently harsh , dry , and uncouth . And it was to the Italians we owed any thing that could be called poetry : from whom Chaucer copied largely , as they are faid to ...
Joseph Warton. language . These ancient strains were , how- ever , fufficiently harsh , dry , and uncouth . And it was to the Italians we owed any thing that could be called poetry : from whom Chaucer copied largely , as they are faid to ...
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... language does not admit of fuch . Virgil therefore , who fo well under- ftood and copied all the fecret arts and charms of Homer's verfification , has afforded us no examples ; yet , fome of his pauses on words of more fyllables are ...
... language does not admit of fuch . Virgil therefore , who fo well under- ftood and copied all the fecret arts and charms of Homer's verfification , has afforded us no examples ; yet , fome of his pauses on words of more fyllables are ...
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... languages , and per- fectly distinguish of their feveral merits , and in general prefer them to the Moderns , yet I know you judge FOR the English tra- gedies AGAINST the Greek and Latin , as well as against the French , Italian , and ...
... languages , and per- fectly distinguish of their feveral merits , and in general prefer them to the Moderns , yet I know you judge FOR the English tra- gedies AGAINST the Greek and Latin , as well as against the French , Italian , and ...
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... language , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criti- cism is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to felect a few paffages from these three poems , and the reader muft not think any ob- servations on the character of ...
... language , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criti- cism is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to felect a few paffages from these three poems , and the reader muft not think any ob- servations on the character of ...
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Page 142 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 165 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
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Page 290 - Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.
Page 157 - See life dissolving vegetate again: All forms that perish other forms supply; (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of Matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Page 176 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...