An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... whole barbarous ages , as they are called , and it is not impoffible , but thefe have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B 2 Fairies Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
... whole barbarous ages , as they are called , and it is not impoffible , but thefe have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B 2 Fairies Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
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... whole pyra- mids of sweet - meats for boys and women ; but little of folid meat , for men . All this proceeded not from any want of knowledge , but of judgment ; neither did he want that , in difcerning the beauties and faults of other ...
... whole pyra- mids of sweet - meats for boys and women ; but little of folid meat , for men . All this proceeded not from any want of knowledge , but of judgment ; neither did he want that , in difcerning the beauties and faults of other ...
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... whole ; and of Saint Jerome part ; Chryfippus , and Tertullian , Ovid's art , Solomon's proverbs , Eloifa's loves ; With many more than fure the church approves * . POPE has omitted a stroke of humour ; for in the original , fhe ...
... whole ; and of Saint Jerome part ; Chryfippus , and Tertullian , Ovid's art , Solomon's proverbs , Eloifa's loves ; With many more than fure the church approves * . POPE has omitted a stroke of humour ; for in the original , fhe ...
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... whole defcription of the entering the lifts * , and of the ensuing * The reader is defired all along to remember , that the firft delineation of all thefe images is in Chaucer , or Boc- cace , and it might be worth examining how much ...
... whole defcription of the entering the lifts * , and of the ensuing * The reader is defired all along to remember , that the firft delineation of all thefe images is in Chaucer , or Boc- cace , and it might be worth examining how much ...
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... whole night exposed under a hedge , where Cowley caught a fevere cold , attended with a fever , that terminated in his death . THE verfes on Silence are a fenfible imi- tation of the Earl of Rochester's on No- OTWAY had an intimate ...
... whole night exposed under a hedge , where Cowley caught a fevere cold , attended with a fever , that terminated in his death . THE verfes on Silence are a fenfible imi- tation of the Earl of Rochester's on No- OTWAY had an intimate ...
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