Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope (1745)Garland Pub., 1974 - Biography & Autobiography |
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Page 58
... tion of Genius . Ev'n fo thefe diminitive Beings of the intellectual World , may be faid to be the Mea- Jure of Mr. Pope's Capacity and Elevation of Genius . They are , indeed , Beings fo diminutive , that they bear the fame Proportion ...
... tion of Genius . Ev'n fo thefe diminitive Beings of the intellectual World , may be faid to be the Mea- Jure of Mr. Pope's Capacity and Elevation of Genius . They are , indeed , Beings fo diminutive , that they bear the fame Proportion ...
Page 221
... tion of Homer , there is no Ufe of Figures , there we may justly conclude the Diction is Profaick ; tho ' at the fame Time , the Diction of the Original , in that very Place , even without Figures , may be truly Poetical . Now , there ...
... tion of Homer , there is no Ufe of Figures , there we may justly conclude the Diction is Profaick ; tho ' at the fame Time , the Diction of the Original , in that very Place , even without Figures , may be truly Poetical . Now , there ...
Page 235
... tion of Achilles , fince he was refolv'd to put fo Ala- grant an Affront upon the King of Men . And then , can any Thing be more low and creep- ing than the Word Peft ? Who ever read the Word Peft for Plague , in any good English Poet ...
... tion of Achilles , fince he was refolv'd to put fo Ala- grant an Affront upon the King of Men . And then , can any Thing be more low and creep- ing than the Word Peft ? Who ever read the Word Peft for Plague , in any good English Poet ...
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