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... and therefore speaks properly on all subjects : As he knew what to say , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers , and scarcely by any of the ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace .
... and therefore speaks properly on all subjects : As he knew what to say , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers , and scarcely by any of the ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace .
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... to pronounce so rigorous a sentence , I would say , that the Romans can boast of but eight poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , Terence , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , VIRGIL , Horace , TIBULLUS , PROPERTIUS , PHÆDRUS .
... to pronounce so rigorous a sentence , I would say , that the Romans can boast of but eight poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , Terence , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , VIRGIL , Horace , TIBULLUS , PROPERTIUS , PHÆDRUS .
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member to have seen it enough observed , that Cowley had a most happy talent of imitating the casy manner of Horace's cpistolary writings ; I must therefore insert a specimen of this , his excellence . Ergo itcrum versus ? diccs .
member to have seen it enough observed , that Cowley had a most happy talent of imitating the casy manner of Horace's cpistolary writings ; I must therefore insert a specimen of this , his excellence . Ergo itcrum versus ? diccs .
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one of his imitations of Horace , has exhibited the real character of Cowley , with delicacy and candour . Who now reads Cowley ? if he pleases yet , His moral pleases , not his pointed wit ; Forgot his epic , nay Pindaric art ...
one of his imitations of Horace , has exhibited the real character of Cowley , with delicacy and candour . Who now reads Cowley ? if he pleases yet , His moral pleases , not his pointed wit ; Forgot his epic , nay Pindaric art ...
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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 sense will allow any man to read .
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 sense will allow any man to read .
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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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