Observations on Pope, Volume 665Printed, for the author, by A. Hamilton, 1796 - 346 pages |
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Page xvii
... fay , I have not pre- fumed to interfere . If the predominant effect of a poem , without grofs incongruities and pal- pable want of artifice in it's conftruction , be im- preffive , and enchain the foul with a continuity of strength and ...
... fay , I have not pre- fumed to interfere . If the predominant effect of a poem , without grofs incongruities and pal- pable want of artifice in it's conftruction , be im- preffive , and enchain the foul with a continuity of strength and ...
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... fays , that the vultures before evening comes fhall Shadow this valley with a living cloud . S. But by fettling on the ground , I apprehend , and not by perching in the trees , and furnishing them with a fhade . Ver . 140. And eyes the ...
... fays , that the vultures before evening comes fhall Shadow this valley with a living cloud . S. But by fettling on the ground , I apprehend , and not by perching in the trees , and furnishing them with a fhade . Ver . 140. And eyes the ...
Page 65
... ( fays " Pennant in his London , p . 382. ) the body of St. Paul's " cathedral was the common refort of the politicians , the " news - mongers , and idle in general . It was called " Paul's walk , and the frequenters known by the name of ...
... ( fays " Pennant in his London , p . 382. ) the body of St. Paul's " cathedral was the common refort of the politicians , the " news - mongers , and idle in general . It was called " Paul's walk , and the frequenters known by the name of ...
Page 69
... fay . After the manner of Virgil , En . vi . 454 . Aut videt , aut vidiffe putat , per nubila lunam : As one , who fees , or thinks he faw , the moon . Ver . 31. Of airy elves by moon - light fhadows feen , The filver token , and the ...
... fay . After the manner of Virgil , En . vi . 454 . Aut videt , aut vidiffe putat , per nubila lunam : As one , who fees , or thinks he faw , the moon . Ver . 31. Of airy elves by moon - light fhadows feen , The filver token , and the ...
Page 71
... fays in his Pleafures of Melancholy : when the fated fair Upon the bofom bright of filver Thames Launches in all the luftre of brocade , Amid the fplendors of the laughing fun , The gay defcription palls upon the sense , And coldly ...
... fays in his Pleafures of Melancholy : when the fated fair Upon the bofom bright of filver Thames Launches in all the luftre of brocade , Amid the fplendors of the laughing fun , The gay defcription palls upon the sense , And coldly ...
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