An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, Volume 1M. Cooper, 1756 |
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... poets may , I think , be be difpofed in four different claffes and degrees . In the first class , I would place , firft , our only three fublime and pathetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON ; and then , at proper intervals ...
... poets may , I think , be be difpofed in four different claffes and degrees . In the first class , I would place , firft , our only three fublime and pathetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON ; and then , at proper intervals ...
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... poem Ifaiah , which is the moft perfect and unex- ampled model , among all the monuments of antiquity . The perfonages are frequent , but not confufed ; are bold but not affected ; a free , lofty , and truly divine fpirit predomi- nates ...
... poem Ifaiah , which is the moft perfect and unex- ampled model , among all the monuments of antiquity . The perfonages are frequent , but not confufed ; are bold but not affected ; a free , lofty , and truly divine fpirit predomi- nates ...
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... poem before which are ever . us , not equally applicable to any place whatso- Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar beauties of the foreft of Windsor , are here defcribed . Nor are the sports of setting , fhooting , and fishing ...
... poem before which are ever . us , not equally applicable to any place whatso- Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar beauties of the foreft of Windsor , are here defcribed . Nor are the sports of setting , fhooting , and fishing ...
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... poetic enthusiasm , than where , fpeaking of the poets who lived or died near this spot , he breaks out , I feem through ... poem now before us . flides 1 flides with dexterity and address from speak- ing of the 24 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... poetic enthusiasm , than where , fpeaking of the poets who lived or died near this spot , he breaks out , I feem through ... poem now before us . flides 1 flides with dexterity and address from speak- ing of the 24 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... or royal - towred Thame . ‡ * Ver . 337 . Fairy Queen , B. iv . C. 11 . At a vacation exercife , & c . Ver . 91. Milton was now aged but nineteen . THE THE poets , both ancient and modern , are obliged 26 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... or royal - towred Thame . ‡ * Ver . 337 . Fairy Queen , B. iv . C. 11 . At a vacation exercife , & c . Ver . 91. Milton was now aged but nineteen . THE THE poets , both ancient and modern , are obliged 26 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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