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GENIUS

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WRITINGS

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POPE.

AN

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ON THE

GENIUS

AND

WRITINGS

O F

POP E.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY, INn Pall - Mall.
M.DCC.LXXXII.

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Republished in 1969 by Gregg International Publishers Limited 1 Westmead, Farnborough, Hants., England

Printed in Switzerland

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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

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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.

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