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If we pass on from descriptions of perfons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a foreft ...
If we pass on from descriptions of perfons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a foreft ...
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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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Compare Cowley's ode on presenting his book to the Bodleian library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rousium , 1646 , written in the true spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar .
Compare Cowley's ode on presenting his book to the Bodleian library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rousium , 1646 , written in the true spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar .
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But Pope observed on the occasion , “ Brown is an excellent copyift , and those who take his imitations amiss , are much in the wrong ; they are very strongly manncred , and few perhaps could write so well if they were ...
But Pope observed on the occasion , “ Brown is an excellent copyift , and those who take his imitations amiss , are much in the wrong ; they are very strongly manncred , and few perhaps could write so well if they were ...
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... with dead bodies : This is precisely the Lord Peter of Swift , who presents a piece of bread to his two brothers , and says to them , “ This , my good friends , is excellent Burgundy , these partridges have an admirable flavour .
... with dead bodies : This is precisely the Lord Peter of Swift , who presents a piece of bread to his two brothers , and says to them , “ This , my good friends , is excellent Burgundy , these partridges have an admirable flavour .
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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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