An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Band 1J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1772 - 344 Seiten |
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... poetry wherein POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind : and I only fay , that this species of poetry is not the most excellent one of the art . We do not , it should feem fuffici- ently attend to the difference there is , betwixt ...
... poetry wherein POPE excelled , he is fuperior to all mankind : and I only fay , that this species of poetry is not the most excellent one of the art . We do not , it should feem fuffici- ently attend to the difference there is , betwixt ...
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... POET ; that the most folid obfervations on human life , ex- preffed with the utmost elegance and brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that the EPISTLES of Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHAR AC- TERS of La ...
... POET ; that the most folid obfervations on human life , ex- preffed with the utmost elegance and brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that the EPISTLES of Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHAR AC- TERS of La ...
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... poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble ode to lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and Il ...
... poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble ode to lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and Il ...
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... POET , MERELY on their ac- count . NON SATIS EST PURIS VERSUM PERSCRIBERE VERBIS . It is amazing this matter should ever have been mistaken , when Horace has taken particular and repeated pains , to fettle and adjust the opinion in ...
... POET , MERELY on their ac- count . NON SATIS EST PURIS VERSUM PERSCRIBERE VERBIS . It is amazing this matter should ever have been mistaken , when Horace has taken particular and repeated pains , to fettle and adjust the opinion in ...
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... poets may , I think , be difpofed in four different claffes and degrees . In the firft clafs , I would place , our only three fublime and pa- thetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON . In the fecond class should be ranked , such as ...
... poets may , I think , be difpofed in four different claffes and degrees . In the firft clafs , I would place , our only three fublime and pa- thetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON . In the fecond class should be ranked , such as ...
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