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in so many fucceffive years , yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth . " It is a circumstance of literary history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote Palamon and ...
in so many fucceffive years , yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth . " It is a circumstance of literary history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote Palamon and ...
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This was the foundation of the present magnificent royal library at Paris , The tale " to which this is the Prologue , has been versified by Dryden ; and is supYen 671 , posed posed to have been of Chaucer's own contrivance : as AND ...
This was the foundation of the present magnificent royal library at Paris , The tale " to which this is the Prologue , has been versified by Dryden ; and is supYen 671 , posed posed to have been of Chaucer's own contrivance : as AND ...
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Even the absurdity of feigning ancient heroes , such as Theseus and Lycurgus , present at the lists and a modern combat , is overwhelmed and obliterated amidst the blaze , the pomp , and the profufion of such animated poetry .
Even the absurdity of feigning ancient heroes , such as Theseus and Lycurgus , present at the lists and a modern combat , is overwhelmed and obliterated amidst the blaze , the pomp , and the profufion of such animated poetry .
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... author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the present edition , I shall speak no more of it . a The Imitation of Spenser is the second ; it is a description of an alley of fishwomen .
... author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the present edition , I shall speak no more of it . a The Imitation of Spenser is the second ; it is a description of an alley of fishwomen .
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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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