An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... also made use of it ; Fontaine , who imagined Rabelais to be the inventor of it , was the fixth au- thor who delivered it , as our Prior was the laft ; and perhaps not the least spirited . RABELAIS was not the inventor of many of the ...
... also made use of it ; Fontaine , who imagined Rabelais to be the inventor of it , was the fixth au- thor who delivered it , as our Prior was the laft ; and perhaps not the least spirited . RABELAIS was not the inventor of many of the ...
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... also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practifed by few writers , and fcarcely by any of the ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never ...
... also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practifed by few writers , and fcarcely by any of the ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never ...
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... also a decree of the inquifition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caused some al- terations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom . II . p . 62 . a Berlin , 1754 , and and I place them last , as I think them 18 ESSAY ON ...
... also a decree of the inquifition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caused some al- terations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom . II . p . 62 . a Berlin , 1754 , and and I place them last , as I think them 18 ESSAY ON ...
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... also another writer of a bad taste , on whom POPE employed some of his youthful hours ; in tranflating the sto- ries of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological knowledge they contain , the works of Ovid ought not to ...
... also another writer of a bad taste , on whom POPE employed some of his youthful hours ; in tranflating the sto- ries of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological knowledge they contain , the works of Ovid ought not to ...
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... also neceffary and unavoidable ; That the feeming defects and blemishes in the universe , confpire to its general beauty ; That as all parts in an animal are not eyes , and as in a city , comedy , or picture , all ranks , characters ...
... also neceffary and unavoidable ; That the feeming defects and blemishes in the universe , confpire to its general beauty ; That as all parts in an animal are not eyes , and as in a city , comedy , or picture , all ranks , characters ...
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