Observations on Pope
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ISBN13: 9781150466373
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1796 Excerpt: ... Ver. 256. Eucllo was designed for Sir Charles Duncembe of Helmfley; who is alluded to again in Imitations of Horace, ii. Sat. 2. sin. And Helm/ley, once proud Buckingham's delight, Slides to a scriv'ner, or a city knight: and who divided his estates in Yorkshire and Wilts among different branches of his family. B. See note A. in the Biog. Brit. Art. Duncombe William. EPISTLE II. VER. 6. All how unlike each other, all how true Like the nymphs in Ovid, Met. ii. 14. fades non omnibus una, Nec diverfa tamen; qualem decet esse sororum: thus rendered, with a different application, by Young in his tragedy of the Brothers: The days of lise are sisters; all alike, None just the fame. Ver. 7. Arcadia's countess here, in ermin'd pride--. Dryden's version of Ovid, Met. xii. The scarf of surs, that hung below her side, Was ermin, or the panther's spotted pride. Ver. 17. Gome then, the colours and the ground prepare Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air; Chuse a sirm cloud, before it fall, and in it 'Catch, er, e she change, the Cynthia of this mi-nute. This passage, of elegance so exquisitely curious, is indebted for the original conception to Cowley, David, ii. 807. This he with starry vapours spangles all, Took in their prime, ere they grow ripe and fall: Of a new rainbow, ere it fret or fade, The choicest piece took out, the scarf is made. The whole context there from ver. 793. to ver. 812. Is highly worthy of perufal for the luxuriance of it's imagery, but would be thought too long for quotation here; and I am by no means desirous of superfluous prolixity. Hence we may understand the jky-tinSlured grain of Milton in his magnisicent description of the Angel in Par. Lost, v. 284. the rich luxuriance of which picture is essentially indebted to this place of Cowley...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150466373 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150466375 |
| Weight | 0.77 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 232 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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