An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... design , or disorder rather of Ariosto , the favourite poet of that time . " We must not try the charming fallies of Ariosto by the rigid rules of Ariftotle . There is a remarkable letter of Bernardo Taffo , the father of Torquato , in ...
... design , or disorder rather of Ariosto , the favourite poet of that time . " We must not try the charming fallies of Ariosto by the rigid rules of Ariftotle . There is a remarkable letter of Bernardo Taffo , the father of Torquato , in ...
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... design of giving a tafte of all the Greek poets ; I would have tranflated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . fo that I would have exhibited a general view of their poefie , throughout its different ...
... design of giving a tafte of all the Greek poets ; I would have tranflated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . fo that I would have exhibited a general view of their poefie , throughout its different ...
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... ignorant of the in- Τα μερη προς αυτο το όλον δεν σκοπείν , ει συμφωνα και αρμόζτονία εκείνων Plotinus . tent tent or design of all above , would he pro- 64 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS ing recourfe to the doctrine of a future ...
... ignorant of the in- Τα μερη προς αυτο το όλον δεν σκοπείν , ει συμφωνα και αρμόζτονία εκείνων Plotinus . tent tent or design of all above , would he pro- 64 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS ing recourfe to the doctrine of a future ...
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Joseph Warton. tent or design of all above , would he pro- nounce the mafts and cordage to be useless and cumbersome , and for this reafon con- demn the frame , and despise the architect ? O my friend ! let us not thus betray our ...
Joseph Warton. tent or design of all above , would he pro- nounce the mafts and cordage to be useless and cumbersome , and for this reafon con- demn the frame , and despise the architect ? O my friend ! let us not thus betray our ...
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... design and infinite goodness of the architect , that the fpecies of creatures should also , by gentle degrees , defcend to us downwards : which if it be probable , we have reason thẹn to * Ver . 235 . be be perfuaded , that there are ...
... design and infinite goodness of the architect , that the fpecies of creatures should also , by gentle degrees , defcend to us downwards : which if it be probable , we have reason thẹn to * Ver . 235 . be be perfuaded , that there are ...
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