AN ESSAY ON THE GENIUS AND WRITINGS O F POP E. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY, INn Pall - Mall. Republished in 1969 by Gregg International Publishers Limited 1 Westmead, Farnborough, Hants., England Printed in Switzerland Of JANUARY and MAY, The WIFE of BATH, and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and OVID, and the IMITATIONS of fome ENGLISH POETS. HE first dawnings of polite lite TH rature in Italy, appeared in talewriting and fables. Boccace gave a currency and vogue to this fpecies of compofition. He collected many of the common tales of his country, and delivered them in VOL. II. B the |