An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 8 страници |
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... , ex- preffed with the utmost elegance and brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that the EPISTLES of Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHARACTERS of La Bruyere 66 in PROSE ; and that it is a creative in ii DEDICATION .
... , ex- preffed with the utmost elegance and brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that the EPISTLES of Boileau in RHYME , are no more poetical , than the CHARACTERS of La Bruyere 66 in PROSE ; and that it is a creative in ii DEDICATION .
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... EPISTLES on the Characters of Men and Women , and your fprightly Satires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Alle- gro and Il Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these Satires , you would , indeed ...
... EPISTLES on the Characters of Men and Women , and your fprightly Satires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Alle- gro and Il Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these Satires , you would , indeed ...
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... Epistle to the Pisones and that , although the connexions are delicately fine , and almost imperceptible , like the secret hinges of a well - wrought box , yet they artfully and closely unite each part together , and give coherence ...
... Epistle to the Pisones and that , although the connexions are delicately fine , and almost imperceptible , like the secret hinges of a well - wrought box , yet they artfully and closely unite each part together , and give coherence ...
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... Epistle to the Pisos contains a complete Art of Poetry , is to- tally groundless ; it being solely confined to the state and defects of the Roman drama . The transitions in the writings of Horace , are some of the most exquisite strokes ...
... Epistle to the Pisos contains a complete Art of Poetry , is to- tally groundless ; it being solely confined to the state and defects of the Roman drama . The transitions in the writings of Horace , are some of the most exquisite strokes ...
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... epistle ; the dialogue between Bacchus and Pen- theus , at the end of 16 epis . of the 1st book ; and the allusion to all his compositions : the writer of the epistles is 164 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... epistle ; the dialogue between Bacchus and Pen- theus , at the end of 16 epis . of the 1st book ; and the allusion to all his compositions : the writer of the epistles is 164 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Страница 145 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Страница 36 - The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale Edged with poplar pale The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Страница 134 - Th' eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way, Th...
Страница 7 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old Bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : Ay me ! I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
Страница 231 - Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The victor cried) the glorious prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight in air, Or in a coach and six the British fair, As long as Atalantis shall be read...
Страница 315 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Страница 219 - water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver prude sinks downward to a gnome, In search of mischief still on earth to roam. The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air.
Страница 220 - Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The busy sylphs surround their darling care, These set the head, and those divide the hair, Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own. CANTO II. NOT with more glories, in th...
Страница 390 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Страница 223 - On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.