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To produce , and carry on with probability and decorum , a series of events , is the most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the popular stories of every nation , we should be amazed to find how few ...
To produce , and carry on with probability and decorum , a series of events , is the most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the popular stories of every nation , we should be amazed to find how few ...
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... for his prefaces , after all , are very pleasing , notwithstanding the opposite opinions they contain , because his prose is the most numerous and sweet , the most mellow and generous , , of any our language has yet produced .
... for his prefaces , after all , are very pleasing , notwithstanding the opposite opinions they contain , because his prose is the most numerous and sweet , the most mellow and generous , , of any our language has yet produced .
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I shall confine myself to point out only two passages , which relate the two appearances of this formidable figure : * This is one of Boccace's most serious stories . " It is a curious thing to see at the head of an edition of Boccace's ...
I shall confine myself to point out only two passages , which relate the two appearances of this formidable figure : * This is one of Boccace's most serious stories . " It is a curious thing to see at the head of an edition of Boccace's ...
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And afterwards , when be becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his sons , yet his resentment is more temperate . See verse 433 down to verse 472 , of the same most en . chanting tragedy . chure chuse rather ...
And afterwards , when be becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his sons , yet his resentment is more temperate . See verse 433 down to verse 472 , of the same most en . chanting tragedy . chure chuse rather ...
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Garth was a most amiablc , and benevolent man . It was said of him , that “ . no Phyfician knew his Art more , nor his Trade less . ” Pope told Mr. Richardson , " that there was hardly an alteration , comhe has censured , what he calls ...
Garth was a most amiablc , and benevolent man . It was said of him , that “ . no Phyfician knew his Art more , nor his Trade less . ” Pope told Mr. Richardson , " that there was hardly an alteration , comhe has censured , what he calls ...
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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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