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The cave of Polypheme might furnilh out the ideas of their giants , and Andromedà might give occasion for stories of distressed damsels on the point of being devoured by dragons ; and delivered at such a critical season by their ...
The cave of Polypheme might furnilh out the ideas of their giants , and Andromedà might give occasion for stories of distressed damsels on the point of being devoured by dragons ; and delivered at such a critical season by their ...
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... a privilege of Gregory XIII . who says , that in this he follows the steps of Pius V. his predecessor , of blessed memory , and which threatens with levere punishments all those , who shall dare to give any disturbance to those ...
... a privilege of Gregory XIII . who says , that in this he follows the steps of Pius V. his predecessor , of blessed memory , and which threatens with levere punishments all those , who shall dare to give any disturbance to those ...
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What solid reason can we give why the Romans , who 10 happily imitated the Grecks in many respects , and breathed a truly tragic spirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though io fond uf theatrical spectacles ?
What solid reason can we give why the Romans , who 10 happily imitated the Grecks in many respects , and breathed a truly tragic spirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though io fond uf theatrical spectacles ?
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Among a multitude of objects delineated with the utnost force * , which we might select on * Whence it came to pass that Spenser did not give his poem the due fiinplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti . mate Epopea , the reader may ...
Among a multitude of objects delineated with the utnost force * , which we might select on * Whence it came to pass that Spenser did not give his poem the due fiinplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti . mate Epopea , the reader may ...
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His prose works 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 see Pindar's manner truly imitated , may read Masters's ...
His prose works 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 see Pindar's manner truly imitated , may read Masters's ...
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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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