An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... POETS . HE first dawnings of polite lite- TH rature in Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and ...
... POETS . HE first dawnings of polite lite- TH rature in Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and ...
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... poets ; but only indulged himself in the luxury of writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good ...
... poets ; but only indulged himself in the luxury of writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good ...
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... poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; fome French tranflations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Auftin's City of God . He placed thefe in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the ...
... poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; fome French tranflations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Auftin's City of God . He placed thefe in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the ...
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... poet of the vulgar , who were eafily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence ... poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS ...
... poet of the vulgar , who were eafily capti- vated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence ... poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS ...
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... , though io fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never pro- duced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two 84 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... , though io fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never pro- duced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two 84 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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