An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 |
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... taste in poetry , among the Romans . From the time of Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and forty- feven years ; and if I might venture to pro- nounce fo rigorous a fentence , I would fay , that the ...
... taste in poetry , among the Romans . From the time of Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and forty- feven years ; and if I might venture to pro- nounce fo rigorous a fentence , I would fay , that the ...
Page 180
... taste in laying out grounds , of which the French and Italians have no idea . But he adds , much to the credit of our author , that POPE undoubt- edly contributed to form Kent's taste . The defign of the Prince of Wales's garden at ...
... taste in laying out grounds , of which the French and Italians have no idea . But he adds , much to the credit of our author , that POPE undoubt- edly contributed to form Kent's taste . The defign of the Prince of Wales's garden at ...
Page 203
... taste . 36. See the wild waste of all - devouring years , How Rome her own fad fepulchre appears . THIS is the opening of the epiftle to Mr. Addifon * , upon his treatise on medals , written in that pleafing form of compo- fition fo ...
... taste . 36. See the wild waste of all - devouring years , How Rome her own fad fepulchre appears . THIS is the opening of the epiftle to Mr. Addifon * , upon his treatise on medals , written in that pleafing form of compo- fition fo ...
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