An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... give occafion for stories of diftreffed damfels on the point of being devoured by dragons , and delivered at fuch a critical feafon by their favourite knights . Some faint tra- ditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and ...
... give occafion for stories of diftreffed damfels on the point of being devoured by dragons , and delivered at fuch a critical feafon by their favourite knights . Some faint tra- ditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and ...
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... give any disturbance to those bookfellers to whom this privilege is granted . There is 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 ...
... give any disturbance to those bookfellers to whom this privilege is granted . There is 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 ...
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... give why the Romans , who to happily imitated the Greeks in many respects , and breathed a truly tragic spirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though io fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every ...
... give why the Romans , who to happily imitated the Greeks in many respects , and breathed a truly tragic spirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though io fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every ...
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... give his poem the due fimplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti mate Epopea , the reader may find in Mr. Hurd's enter- taining letter to Mr. Mafon , on the Marks of imitation , pag . 19 , and in Obfervations on the Faery Queen , pag ...
... give his poem the due fimplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti mate Epopea , the reader may find in Mr. Hurd's enter- taining letter to Mr. Mafon , on the Marks of imitation , pag . 19 , and in Obfervations on the Faery Queen , pag ...
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... give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perused with common patience by a lover of antiquity He that would fee Pindar's manner truly imitated , may read Masters's noble and ...
... give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perused with common patience by a lover of antiquity He that would fee Pindar's manner truly imitated , may read Masters's noble and ...
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