The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 1J. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 - English literature - 274 pages |
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... fhews him how to reign . Thus young Alcides , by old Chiron taught , Was form'd for all the miracles he wrought : Thus Chiron did the youth he taught applaud , Pleas'd to behold the earnest of a God . IQ But hark what shouts , what gath ...
... fhews him how to reign . Thus young Alcides , by old Chiron taught , Was form'd for all the miracles he wrought : Thus Chiron did the youth he taught applaud , Pleas'd to behold the earnest of a God . IQ But hark what shouts , what gath ...
Page 140
... fhews us [ from 14 to 19 ] to give a further teft of his qualification , by fome acquired talents : And this on two accounts : 1. Because the of- fice of a Critic is an exercise of Authority . 2. Because he being naturally as partial to ...
... fhews us [ from 14 to 19 ] to give a further teft of his qualification , by fome acquired talents : And this on two accounts : 1. Because the of- fice of a Critic is an exercise of Authority . 2. Because he being naturally as partial to ...
Page 145
... fhews the neceffity of the precept , juft as the premiffes , from which it is drawn , fhew the reasonableness of it . NOTES . apt to do , tho ' that obfcurity is a monition that we should leave off ; for it arifes either thro ' our ...
... fhews the neceffity of the precept , juft as the premiffes , from which it is drawn , fhew the reasonableness of it . NOTES . apt to do , tho ' that obfcurity is a monition that we should leave off ; for it arifes either thro ' our ...
Page 146
... fhews both the fitness and the neceffity of it . It's fitnefs , 1. Because Nature is the fource of poetic Art ; that Art being only a reprefentation of Nature , who is its great exemplar and original . 2. Becaufe Nature is the end of ...
... fhews both the fitness and the neceffity of it . It's fitnefs , 1. Because Nature is the fource of poetic Art ; that Art being only a reprefentation of Nature , who is its great exemplar and original . 2. Becaufe Nature is the end of ...
Page 152
... fhews [ from 117 to 141. ] that the study of These must indifpenfably follow that of the ancient Critics , as they furnish us with what the Critics , who only give us general rules , cannot fupply : while the study of a great original ...
... fhews [ from 117 to 141. ] that the study of These must indifpenfably follow that of the ancient Critics , as they furnish us with what the Critics , who only give us general rules , cannot fupply : while the study of a great original ...
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