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... imperceptibly mingled with a mine of goid , Chaucer is highly extolled by Dryden , in the spirited and pleasing preface to his Fables ; for his prefaces , after all , are very pleasing , notwithstanding the opposite opinions they ...
... imperceptibly mingled with a mine of goid , Chaucer is highly extolled by Dryden , in the spirited and pleasing preface to his Fables ; for his prefaces , after all , are very pleasing , notwithstanding the opposite opinions they ...
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This scène of terror is judiciously contrasted by the pleasing and joyous imagery of the teinples of Venus and Diana . The figure of the last goddess , is a design fit for GUIDO to execute . The graceful Goddess was array'd in green ...
This scène of terror is judiciously contrasted by the pleasing and joyous imagery of the teinples of Venus and Diana . The figure of the last goddess , is a design fit for GUIDO to execute . The graceful Goddess was array'd in green ...
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But the characteristics of this sweet and amiable allegorical poet , are , not only strong and circumstantial imagery , but tender and pathetic feeling , a most melodious flow of versification , and a certain pleasing melancholy in his ...
But the characteristics of this sweet and amiable allegorical poet , are , not only strong and circumstantial imagery , but tender and pathetic feeling , a most melodious flow of versification , and a certain pleasing melancholy in his ...
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... will always form an agreeable and pleasing picture ; but the pencil of the English poet was employed in drawing the affectations , and conceits , and fopperies of chivalry , which appear ridi- . culous as soon as they lose the ...
... will always form an agreeable and pleasing picture ; but the pencil of the English poet was employed in drawing the affectations , and conceits , and fopperies of chivalry , which appear ridi- . culous as soon as they lose the ...
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... added that exquisite piece of wild and romantic imagery , Thomson's Castle of Indolence ; the first canto of which in particular , is marvellously pleasing , and the stanzas have a greater flow and freedom than his blank - verse .
... added that exquisite piece of wild and romantic imagery , Thomson's Castle of Indolence ; the first canto of which in particular , is marvellously pleasing , and the stanzas have a greater flow and freedom than his blank - verse .
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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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