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If we pass on from descriptions of perfons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a foreft ...
If we pass on from descriptions of perfons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a foreft ...
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It is a curious thing to see at the head of an edition of Boccace's tales , printed at Florence in 1573 , a privilege of Gregory XIII . who says , that in this he follows the steps of Pius V. his predecessor , of blessed memory ...
It is a curious thing to see at the head of an edition of Boccace's tales , printed at Florence in 1573 , a privilege of Gregory XIII . who says , that in this he follows the steps of Pius V. his predecessor , of blessed memory ...
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... to poetry has been already taken notice of in the first volume * , to which the following anecdote must be added , which I lately received from one of his intimate friends , " I wrote things , said Pope , I am ashamed to • Pag .
... to poetry has been already taken notice of in the first volume * , to which the following anecdote must be added , which I lately received from one of his intimate friends , " I wrote things , said Pope , I am ashamed to • Pag .
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But when the bright sun did appear , All those he ' gan despise ; His wonder was determin'd there , And could no higher rise , . was 1 Which of the French writers has produced any thing at once so galiant and so lofty ?
But when the bright sun did appear , All those he ' gan despise ; His wonder was determin'd there , And could no higher rise , . was 1 Which of the French writers has produced any thing at once so galiant and so lofty ?
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... run over by a hackney - coach , and killed on the spot . These three facts are from Mr. Spence : though Orway's death has been differently related . thing ; thing ; which piece , together with his Satire on AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 47.
... run over by a hackney - coach , and killed on the spot . These three facts are from Mr. Spence : though Orway's death has been differently related . thing ; thing ; which piece , together with his Satire on AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 47.
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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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