An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... imitation of the Caffina of Plautus ; " Indigna vero homine Chriftiano ( says Balzac ) qui fanétiores Mufas colit , et , in ludicris quoque , meminiffe debet feveritatis . " Epift . Sele & . pag . 202. I have been informed that ...
... imitation of the Caffina of Plautus ; " Indigna vero homine Chriftiano ( says Balzac ) qui fanétiores Mufas colit , et , in ludicris quoque , meminiffe debet feveritatis . " Epift . Sele & . pag . 202. I have been informed that ...
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... imitate : One cannot but wonder at his choice , which perhaps nothing but his youth could excufe . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely fcrupulous , informs us that he would not verfify it on account of its indecency . POPE however ...
... imitate : One cannot but wonder at his choice , which perhaps nothing but his youth could excufe . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely fcrupulous , informs us that he would not verfify it on account of its indecency . POPE however ...
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... Imitations is of Chau- çer ; as it paints neither characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of ... Imitation of Spenfer is the fecond ; it is a description of an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with ...
... Imitations is of Chau- çer ; as it paints neither characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of ... Imitation of Spenfer is the fecond ; it is a description of an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with ...
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... imitate Spenser on a fubject that does not partake of the pathos , is not giving a true reprefentation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the softnesses of nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is ...
... imitate Spenser on a fubject that does not partake of the pathos , is not giving a true reprefentation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the softnesses of nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is ...
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... imitation , pag . 19 , and in Obfervations on the Faery Queen , pag . 2 , 3 , 4. " How happened it , fays Mr. Hurd , that Sir Philip Sydney in his Arcadia , and afterwards Spenser in his Faery Queen , obferved fo unnatural a conduct in ...
... imitation , pag . 19 , and in Obfervations on the Faery Queen , pag . 2 , 3 , 4. " How happened it , fays Mr. Hurd , that Sir Philip Sydney in his Arcadia , and afterwards Spenser in his Faery Queen , obferved fo unnatural a conduct in ...
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