AN ESSAY ΟΝ ΤНЕ GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF POPE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY, IN PALL-MALL, S.B.N. GB: 576.02120.2 S.B.N. GB: 576.02993.9 Republished in 1969 by Gregg International Publishers Limited 1 Westmead, Farnborough, Hants., England Printed in Switzerland DW266 AN Of JANUARY and MAY, The WIFE of BATH, and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and Ovid, and the ІміTATIONS of fome ENGLISH POETS. T HE first dawnings of polite literature in Italy, appeared in talewriting and fables. Boccace gave a currency and vogue to this species of composition. He collected many of the common tales of his country, and delivered them in VOL. II. the B |