An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 8 pages |
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... TRUE POET . Donne and Swift were undoubtedly men of wit , and men of sense : but what traces have they left of PURE POETRY ? It is remark- able , that Dryden says of Donne , " He was the greatest wit , though not the greatest poet , of ...
... TRUE POET . Donne and Swift were undoubtedly men of wit , and men of sense : but what traces have they left of PURE POETRY ? It is remark- able , that Dryden says of Donne , " He was the greatest wit , though not the greatest poet , of ...
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... true poetical spirit , all your inverfions 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 experiment ...
... true poetical spirit , all your inverfions 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 experiment ...
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... true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and pa- negyrical poefy . At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , ADDISON , COWLEY , WAL- LER , GARTH , FENTON , GAY , DENHAM , PARNELL ...
... true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and pa- negyrical poefy . At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , ADDISON , COWLEY , WAL- LER , GARTH , FENTON , GAY , DENHAM , PARNELL ...
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... true lover of liberty , For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves . + But I am afraid our author , in the following passage , has fallen into a fault rather uncommon in his writings , a reflection that is very far - fetched and forced ...
... true lover of liberty , For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves . + But I am afraid our author , in the following passage , has fallen into a fault rather uncommon in his writings , a reflection that is very far - fetched and forced ...
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... true poetry , that one is almost inclined to believe the superstitions here alluded to , to be real ; and the succeeding cir- cumstances make one start , and look around : D 3 In See also verses written at a Solemn Music , and on the ...
... true poetry , that one is almost inclined to believe the superstitions here alluded to , to be real ; and the succeeding cir- cumstances make one start , and look around : D 3 In See also verses written at a Solemn Music , and on the ...
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