An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 - 8 стор. |
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... Voltaire , which , in my opinion , as exactly characterizes POPE as it does his model Boi- leau , for whom it was originally defigned : " INCAPABLE PEUT - ETRE DU SUBLIME QUI ELEVE L'AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L'AT- TENDRIT , MAIS FAIT ...
... Voltaire , which , in my opinion , as exactly characterizes POPE as it does his model Boi- leau , for whom it was originally defigned : " INCAPABLE PEUT - ETRE DU SUBLIME QUI ELEVE L'AME , ET DU SENTIMENT QUI L'AT- TENDRIT , MAIS FAIT ...
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... VOLTAIRE , * Ver . 69. + Carmina Quadrages . Oxon . 1748. pag . 3 . VOLTAIRE , in the first volume of his enter- taining 20 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... VOLTAIRE , * Ver . 69. + Carmina Quadrages . Oxon . 1748. pag . 3 . VOLTAIRE , in the first volume of his enter- taining 20 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Joseph Warton. VOLTAIRE , in the first volume of his enter- taining and lively Essay on General History , is inclined to dispute the truth of this devastation imputed to William the Conqueror , but for a rea- son not very solid and ...
Joseph Warton. VOLTAIRE , in the first volume of his enter- taining and lively Essay on General History , is inclined to dispute the truth of this devastation imputed to William the Conqueror , but for a rea- son not very solid and ...
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Joseph Warton. " It is enough , " in the words of Voltaire , " to think one perceives some errors in this great genius ; and it is a sort of consolation to a mind so bounded and limited as mine , to be persuaded , that the greatest men ...
Joseph Warton. " It is enough , " in the words of Voltaire , " to think one perceives some errors in this great genius ; and it is a sort of consolation to a mind so bounded and limited as mine , to be persuaded , that the greatest men ...
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... Voltaire , particularly to the king of Prussia , on his accession to the throne , and on Maupertuis's travels to the north , to measure the degrees of the meridian towards the equator ; seem to arise above that correct mediocrity which ...
... Voltaire , particularly to the king of Prussia , on his accession to the throne , and on Maupertuis's travels to the north , to measure the degrees of the meridian towards the equator ; seem to arise above that correct mediocrity which ...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. In Two Volumes, Том 1 Joseph Warton Повний перегляд - 1806 |
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Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.