An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote Palamon and Arcite , as we know Dryden was 70 , when he verfified it . The lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are spirited and eafy , and have ...
... history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote Palamon and Arcite , as we know Dryden was 70 , when he verfified it . The lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are spirited and eafy , and have ...
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... , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould write a fatire on * Hume's History of Great - Britain . Vol . II . pag . 434 Man , Man , I am not furprized ; it is the 48 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS POPE in this imitation has difcovered a ...
... , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould write a fatire on * Hume's History of Great - Britain . Vol . II . pag . 434 Man , Man , I am not furprized ; it is the 48 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS POPE in this imitation has difcovered a ...
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... history of Mero and Enegu , by Fonte- nelle * . Mero was the anagram of Rome , and Enegu of Geneva . These two sisters claimed the fucceffion to the throne of their fathers . Mero reigned first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a ...
... history of Mero and Enegu , by Fonte- nelle * . Mero was the anagram of Rome , and Enegu of Geneva . These two sisters claimed the fucceffion to the throne of their fathers . Mero reigned first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a ...
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... history , or an- tient allegories , have their own pleasure . not inferior to the more gay entertainments of painting , mufic , or architecture ; and it is for the advantage of mankind that some are found , who have a taste for thefe ...
... history , or an- tient allegories , have their own pleasure . not inferior to the more gay entertainments of painting , mufic , or architecture ; and it is for the advantage of mankind that some are found , who have a taste for thefe ...
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... History , of the life of Fenelon , and of the tranf- lation of the travels of Cyrus . Dr. KING , of St. Mary Hall , in Oxford , informed me , that this elegant translation was made at Dr. Cheyne's house at Bath , and that he him- felf ...
... History , of the life of Fenelon , and of the tranf- lation of the travels of Cyrus . Dr. KING , of St. Mary Hall , in Oxford , informed me , that this elegant translation was made at Dr. Cheyne's house at Bath , and that he him- felf ...
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