An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9 pf Cowley. "Chaucer is a perpetual foun- ...
... great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9 pf Cowley. "Chaucer is a perpetual foun- ...
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Joseph Warton. in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a hundred books are fcarcely purchased once a twelvemonth . " It is a circumftance of literary history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote ...
Joseph Warton. in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a hundred books are fcarcely purchased once a twelvemonth . " It is a circumftance of literary history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote ...
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... present occafion is to be preferred to tenderness ; the babe in her eye is faid to resemble Phaeton fo much , That heav'n the threat'ned world to spare , Thought fit to drown him in her tears : Elfe might th ' ambitious nymph afpire ...
... present occafion is to be preferred to tenderness ; the babe in her eye is faid to resemble Phaeton fo much , That heav'n the threat'ned world to spare , Thought fit to drown him in her tears : Elfe might th ' ambitious nymph afpire ...
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... present traduced , yet pofterity will applaud his work . At ULTIMI Nepotes , SERIQUE POSTERI , Judicia rebus QUIORA forfitan Adhibebunt INTEGRO finu , Tum , livore fepulto , Si quid MEREMUR , SERA POSTERITAS fciet . COWLEY COWLEY being ...
... present traduced , yet pofterity will applaud his work . At ULTIMI Nepotes , SERIQUE POSTERI , Judicia rebus QUIORA forfitan Adhibebunt INTEGRO finu , Tum , livore fepulto , Si quid MEREMUR , SERA POSTERITAS fciet . COWLEY COWLEY being ...
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... present , but still he retained a fincere affection for Leonora . His death was occafioned by a fingular accident * ; he * There is something remarkable in the circumftances that occafioned the deaths of three others of our poets ...
... present , but still he retained a fincere affection for Leonora . His death was occafioned by a fingular accident * ; he * There is something remarkable in the circumftances that occafioned the deaths of three others of our poets ...
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