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... author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the present edition , I shall speak no more of it . a The Imitation of Spenser is the second ; it is a description of an alley of fishwomen .
... author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the present edition , I shall speak no more of it . a The Imitation of Spenser is the second ; it is a description of an alley of fishwomen .
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It is a fact worthy the attention of those who study the history of learning , that the gross licentiousness and applauded debauchery of Charles the Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progress of polite literature and ...
It is a fact worthy the attention of those who study the history of learning , that the gross licentiousness and applauded debauchery of Charles the Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progress of polite literature and ...
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... reading those essays , he was much pleased , but found some lines a little dark : On the second , most of them cleared up , and his pleasure increased : On the third , he had no doubt remaining , and then he admired the whole * .
... reading those essays , he was much pleased , but found some lines a little dark : On the second , most of them cleared up , and his pleasure increased : On the third , he had no doubt remaining , and then he admired the whole * .
Page 102
Pain is forcibly expressed by the action described in the second line , and by the epithet tremulas . 39. The shrine with gore unstain'd , with gold undrest. Lib . y . ver . 991 . 39. The s Ver . 219 . A FINER 102 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Pain is forcibly expressed by the action described in the second line , and by the epithet tremulas . 39. The shrine with gore unstain'd , with gold undrest. Lib . y . ver . 991 . 39. The s Ver . 219 . A FINER 102 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Two succeeding passages , in this fourth epistle , the first , at line 237 , on the emptiness of Fame ; the second , at line 259 , on the inconveniences that attend superior parts and talents , are replete with strong sense , and a ...
Two succeeding passages , in this fourth epistle , the first , at line 237 , on the emptiness of Fame ; the second , at line 259 , on the inconveniences that attend superior parts and talents , are replete with strong sense , and a ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4, reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg, 1782 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 30 Mar 2018 |
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