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... though io fond uf theatrical spectacles ? Or why the Greeks , fo fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never produced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can shew two 84 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... though io fond uf theatrical spectacles ? Or why the Greeks , fo fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never produced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can shew two 84 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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the other hand , modern Italy , can shew two or three illustrious epic writers , yet has no Sophocles , Euripides , or Menander . And France , without having formed a fingle Epopia , has carried dramatic poetry to so high a pitch of ...
the other hand , modern Italy , can shew two or three illustrious epic writers , yet has no Sophocles , Euripides , or Menander . And France , without having formed a fingle Epopia , has carried dramatic poetry to so high a pitch of ...
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And sleeps thy thunder in the realms above : Thou , fury , then , fome tasting curse entail , Which o'er their children's children shall prevail ; Place on their heads that crown distain'd with gore , Which these dire hands from my Nain ...
And sleeps thy thunder in the realms above : Thou , fury , then , fome tasting curse entail , Which o'er their children's children shall prevail ; Place on their heads that crown distain'd with gore , Which these dire hands from my Nain ...
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... By that way's side there fe infernal Pain , And fast bcfidc him fat tuinultuous Strife ; The one , in hand an iron whip did strain , The other brandished a bloody knife , And both did gnash their teeth , and both did threaten . life ...
... By that way's side there fe infernal Pain , And fast bcfidc him fat tuinultuous Strife ; The one , in hand an iron whip did strain , The other brandished a bloody knife , And both did gnash their teeth , and both did threaten . life ...
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Longinus I. * Lord Somers was passionately fond of the Fairy Queen ; it was his favourite work ; in the last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he desired to be painted with a Spenser in his hand . + Book iii . c . 11 .
Longinus I. * Lord Somers was passionately fond of the Fairy Queen ; it was his favourite work ; in the last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he desired to be painted with a Spenser in his hand . + Book iii . c . 11 .
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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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