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It is to his fables , though wrote in his old age * , that Dryden will owe his immortality , and among them , particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigismunda and Guiscardo , Theodore and Honoria ; and above all , to his exquisite ...
It is to his fables , though wrote in his old age * , that Dryden will owe his immortality , and among them , particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigismunda and Guiscardo , Theodore and Honoria ; and above all , to his exquisite ...
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... who were easily captivated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence of numbers ; the noisy roughness of which , may be particularly alluded to in the expression , fregit fubfellia verfu .
... who were easily captivated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence of numbers ; the noisy roughness of which , may be particularly alluded to in the expression , fregit fubfellia verfu .
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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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This doctrine was inculcated by Plato and the Stoics , but more amply and particularly by the later Platonists , and by Antoninus and Simplicius . In illustrating his subject , Pope has been much more deeply indebted to the Theodiceé of ...
This doctrine was inculcated by Plato and the Stoics , but more amply and particularly by the later Platonists , and by Antoninus and Simplicius . In illustrating his subject , Pope has been much more deeply indebted to the Theodiceé of ...
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The tenderness of this striking image , and particularly the circumstance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in thc argumentative parts of the Efay , and interesting the reader . 6.
The tenderness of this striking image , and particularly the circumstance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in thc argumentative parts of the Efay , and interesting the reader . 6.
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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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