An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... - rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and delivered them in VOL . II . B the the pureft ftile , enlivened with interesting circumstances . Sacchetti ESSAY ...
... - rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and delivered them in VOL . II . B the the pureft ftile , enlivened with interesting circumstances . Sacchetti ESSAY ...
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Joseph Warton. the pureft ftile , enlivened with interesting circumstances . Sacchetti published tales before him , in which are many anecdotes of Dante and his cotemporaries . Boccace was faintly imitated by feveral Italians , Poggio ...
Joseph Warton. the pureft ftile , enlivened with interesting circumstances . Sacchetti published tales before him , in which are many anecdotes of Dante and his cotemporaries . Boccace was faintly imitated by feveral Italians , Poggio ...
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... interesting and magni- ficent tournament . Even the abfurdity of feigning ancient heroes , fuch as Thefeus and Lycurgus , prefent at the lifts and a modern combat , is overwhelmed and obli- terated amidst the blaze , the pomp , and the ...
... interesting and magni- ficent tournament . Even the abfurdity of feigning ancient heroes , fuch as Thefeus and Lycurgus , prefent at the lifts and a modern combat , is overwhelmed and obli- terated amidst the blaze , the pomp , and the ...
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... interesting the reader . 6. The foul uneafy , and confin'd from home ; Refts and expatiates in a life to come . IN former editions it used to be printed at bome ; but this expreffion feeming to exclude a future existence , as , to speak ...
... interesting the reader . 6. The foul uneafy , and confin'd from home ; Refts and expatiates in a life to come . IN former editions it used to be printed at bome ; but this expreffion feeming to exclude a future existence , as , to speak ...
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... bring his whip with him ; and the innumerable circum- stances which make this narration fo lively , 1 fo fo dramatic , and fo interesting . Half the Iliad 166 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS and prospects he lays before us, appear as ...
... bring his whip with him ; and the innumerable circum- stances which make this narration fo lively , 1 fo fo dramatic , and fo interesting . Half the Iliad 166 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS and prospects he lays before us, appear as ...
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