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 versified it . The lines of Pope , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , 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 versified it . The lines of Pope , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have ...
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... [ History of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is usually ascribed to the change of man- ners ; but manners have more changed fince Homer's age , and yet that poet remains still the favourite of every reader of ...
... [ History of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is usually ascribed to the change of man- ners ; but manners have more changed fince Homer's age , and yet that poet remains still the favourite of every reader of ...
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... , yet it is excelled . That Rochester should write a fatire on * Hume's History of Great - Britain . Vol . II . pag . 434 ! Man , Man , I am not surprized ; it is the 48 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS thing; which piece, together with his ...
... , yet it is excelled . That Rochester should write a fatire on * Hume's History of Great - Britain . Vol . II . pag . 434 ! Man , Man , I am not surprized ; it is the 48 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS thing; which piece, together with his ...
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... history of learning , that the gross licentiousness and applauded debauchery of Charles the Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progress of polite literature and the fine arts that began to revive after the Grand ...
... history of learning , that the gross licentiousness and applauded debauchery of Charles the Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progress of polite literature and the fine arts that began to revive after the Grand ...
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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 succession 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 succession to the throne of their fathers . Mero reigned first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a ...
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