The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: SatiresB. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, 1797 |
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... ftyle is elegant , his diction pure , Whilft none thy crabbed numbers can endure , Hard as thy heart , and as thy birth obfcure . If he has thorns , they all on rofes grow ; Thine like rude thiftles and mean brambles fhow , With this ...
... ftyle is elegant , his diction pure , Whilft none thy crabbed numbers can endure , Hard as thy heart , and as thy birth obfcure . If he has thorns , they all on rofes grow ; Thine like rude thiftles and mean brambles fhow , With this ...
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... ftyle , as he did in his natural temper , the fevere and serious Juvenal more than the fmiling and fportive Horace . Let us select fome paffages in which he may be thought to have equalled , excelled , or fallen fhort of the original ...
... ftyle , as he did in his natural temper , the fevere and serious Juvenal more than the fmiling and fportive Horace . Let us select fome paffages in which he may be thought to have equalled , excelled , or fallen fhort of the original ...
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... ftyle , of the difafters incident to wit . But it was a ferious matter with Horace ; and is fo ftill with our witty Neighbours ; one of whom has well expreffed their condition , in the following lines : Its proper pow'r to hurt , each ...
... ftyle , of the difafters incident to wit . But it was a ferious matter with Horace ; and is fo ftill with our witty Neighbours ; one of whom has well expreffed their condition , in the following lines : Its proper pow'r to hurt , each ...
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... ftyle of the former , in comparison of what Quintilian calls the calamistros of the latter , for which Sactorius and Macrobius , cap . 86. say Au- gustus frequently ridiculed him , though Auguftus himself was guilty of the fame fault ...
... ftyle of the former , in comparison of what Quintilian calls the calamistros of the latter , for which Sactorius and Macrobius , cap . 86. say Au- gustus frequently ridiculed him , though Auguftus himself was guilty of the fame fault ...
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... ftyle , is perhaps unreafonable ; Spenfer in affecting the ancients writ no language . " The ground - work and fubftance of his ftyle is the language of his age . This in- deed Or fay our Fathers never broke a rule ; Why 160 Book II ...
... ftyle , is perhaps unreafonable ; Spenfer in affecting the ancients writ no language . " The ground - work and fubftance of his ftyle is the language of his age . This in- deed Or fay our Fathers never broke a rule ; Why 160 Book II ...
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abuſe Addiſon Æneid againſt alfo alſo anſwer Auguftus Author becauſe beſt Biſhop Boileau Brutus cauſe cenfure character circumftance Court Dryden Dunciad Engliſh Epiftles ev'ry expreffion faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhew fince firft firſt fome fometimes fool fpeeches ftill ftrong ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuperior fure genius ginal greateſt himſelf Homer honeft honour Horace Houſe Iliad imitation itſelf juft juſt King laft laſt leaſt lefs lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke manners maſter Miniſter moft moſt muſt myſelf nature NOTES numbers obferved occafion paffage paffions perfon Pindar pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet poetry Pope praiſe prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe quæ quid Quintilian quod raiſed reaſon ridicule ſaid Satire ſay ſeems ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtyle taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virgil Virtue whofe whoſe words write