An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Band 1J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1772 - 344 Seiten |
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... TRUE POET . Donne and Swift were undoubtedly men of wit , and men of fense : but what traces have they left of PURE POETRY ? It is remark- able , that Dryden fays of Donne ; He was the greatest wit , tho ' not the great- of this nation ...
... TRUE POET . Donne and Swift were undoubtedly men of wit , and men of fense : but what traces have they left of PURE POETRY ? It is remark- able , that Dryden fays of Donne ; He was the greatest wit , tho ' not the great- of this nation ...
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... true poetical fpirit , all your inversions and transpo- fitions will not disguise and extinguish it ; but it will retain its luftre , like a diamond , unfet , and thrown back into the rubbish of the mine . Let us make a little ...
... true poetical fpirit , all your inversions and transpo- fitions will not disguise and extinguish it ; but it will retain its luftre , like a diamond , unfet , and thrown back into the rubbish of the mine . Let us make a little ...
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... be ranked , such as poffeffed the true 2 , poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . 1 At At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , DEDICATION . xi.
... be ranked , such as poffeffed the true 2 , poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . 1 At At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , DEDICATION . xi.
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... true genius , and power of fancy . The influence of war on the tran- quility of rural life , rendered the subject of the first new , and interesting : its compo- fition is truly dramatic ; and the characters of " of its two fhepherds ...
... true genius , and power of fancy . The influence of war on the tran- quility of rural life , rendered the subject of the first new , and interesting : its compo- fition is truly dramatic ; and the characters of " of its two fhepherds ...
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... true poetry . An hiftorian or profe- writer might fay , " Then fhall the most " diftant nations croud into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of uncouth " form , " that shall arrive in the Thames * ; And feather'd ...
... true poetry . An hiftorian or profe- writer might fay , " Then fhall the most " diftant nations croud into my port : " a poet fets before your eyes " the fhips of uncouth " form , " that shall arrive in the Thames * ; And feather'd ...
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