The Life of Alexander Pope: Esq. Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius. By Owen Ruffhead, EsqC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, [and 8 others in London], 1769 - 578 Seiten |
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... the critic objects , that there is not a fingle rural image in thefe ... these paftorals , he concludes with the following declaration . " But after ... lines are perfectly picturefque , nor are the following inferior . " Soft as ...
... the critic objects , that there is not a fingle rural image in thefe ... these paftorals , he concludes with the following declaration . " But after ... lines are perfectly picturefque , nor are the following inferior . " Soft as ...
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... the new images in these paftorals are not frequent , yet in truth , it is too much to fay , that they do not afford a fingle image that is new . Let any reader of fenfibility attend to the following lines in the second paftoral , where the ...
... the new images in these paftorals are not frequent , yet in truth , it is too much to fay , that they do not afford a fingle image that is new . Let any reader of fenfibility attend to the following lines in the second paftoral , where the ...
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... those beautiful paftoral images in Eve's fpeech to Adam ; which are thus recapitulated : " But neither breath of morn , when the afcends " With charm of earlieft birds , " & c . + The two lines however which immediately follow , " No more ...
... those beautiful paftoral images in Eve's fpeech to Adam ; which are thus recapitulated : " But neither breath of morn , when the afcends " With charm of earlieft birds , " & c . + The two lines however which immediately follow , " No more ...
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... the PASTORALS of POPE : and pro- priety , " he adds , " is certain to be violated , when he couples Pactolus with the Thames , & c . How far fuch a violation is to be imputed to our poet , let the lines from the mouth of the fhepherd ...
... the PASTORALS of POPE : and pro- priety , " he adds , " is certain to be violated , when he couples Pactolus with the Thames , & c . How far fuch a violation is to be imputed to our poet , let the lines from the mouth of the fhepherd ...
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... The other sports likewise of setting , shoot- ing , and hunting are defcribed with great beauty . The following lines are finely defcriptive , and at the fame time pathetic . After having de- fcribed a pheasant shot , he gives way to the ...
... The other sports likewise of setting , shoot- ing , and hunting are defcribed with great beauty . The following lines are finely defcriptive , and at the fame time pathetic . After having de- fcribed a pheasant shot , he gives way to the ...
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