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For this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impressions which his works have had in so many fucceffive years ...
For this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impressions which his works have had in so many fucceffive years ...
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The rapidity , and yet the perspicuity of the thoughts , the glow and the expressiveness of the images , those certain marks of the first sketch of a malter , conspire to corroborate the truth of the fact . THE TRANSLATION of the first ...
The rapidity , and yet the perspicuity of the thoughts , the glow and the expressiveness of the images , those certain marks of the first sketch of a malter , conspire to corroborate the truth of the fact . THE TRANSLATION of the first ...
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But it is remarkable that Quintilian thought very differently on this subject of the transitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to consider his opinion . " Illa vero frigide et pucrilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe ...
But it is remarkable that Quintilian thought very differently on this subject of the transitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to consider his opinion . " Illa vero frigide et pucrilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe ...
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These images , one would have thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with so much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . • Book II . Canto 12.
These images , one would have thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with so much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travesty of them . • Book II . Canto 12.
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... and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addressed , on her singing a song of his composing Chloris , yourself you fo excell , When you vouchsafe to breathe my thought , That like a spirit with this spell Of my own teaching I ...
... and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addressed , on her singing a song of his composing Chloris , yourself you fo excell , When you vouchsafe to breathe my thought , That like a spirit with this spell Of my own teaching I ...
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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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