An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756-1782)Garland Pub., 1974 - Verse satire, English |
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Joseph Warton. thing ; which piece , together with his Satire on Man from the fourth of Boileau , and the tenth Satire of Horace , are the only pieces of this profligate nobleman , which modesty or common fenfe will allow any man to read ...
Joseph Warton. thing ; which piece , together with his Satire on Man from the fourth of Boileau , and the tenth Satire of Horace , are the only pieces of this profligate nobleman , which modesty or common fenfe will allow any man to read ...
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... Satire or fenfe , alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings , This painted child of dirt , that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys , Yet wit ne ...
... Satire or fenfe , alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings , This painted child of dirt , that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys , Yet wit ne ...
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Joseph Warton. SECT . XII . Of the Satires and Epiftles of Ho- race imitated , of the Satires of Donne verfified , and of the Epi- logue to the Satires . 16 W HEN I had a fever one win- ter in town ( faid POPE to Mr. SPENCE ) that ...
Joseph Warton. SECT . XII . Of the Satires and Epiftles of Ho- race imitated , of the Satires of Donne verfified , and of the Epi- logue to the Satires . 16 W HEN I had a fever one win- ter in town ( faid POPE to Mr. SPENCE ) that ...
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