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been ever invented : Facts and events have been indeed varied and modified , but totally new facts have not been created The writers of the old romances ; from whom Ariosto and Spencer have borrowed fo largely , are supposed to have had ...
been ever invented : Facts and events have been indeed varied and modified , but totally new facts have not been created The writers of the old romances ; from whom Ariosto and Spencer have borrowed fo largely , are supposed to have had ...
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Boileau did not look upon Fontaine as an original writer , and isod to say he had borrowed both his stile and matter from Marot and Rabelais , 1 + “ Poggigs Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet .
Boileau did not look upon Fontaine as an original writer , and isod to say he had borrowed both his stile and matter from Marot and Rabelais , 1 + “ Poggigs Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet .
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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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One passage , I cannot for bear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer . The jocose old woman says , that her husband frequently read to her out of a volume that contained , Valerius whole ...
One passage , I cannot for bear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer . The jocose old woman says , that her husband frequently read to her out of a volume that contained , Valerius whole ...
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This reminds me of that forcible description in a writer whose fancy was eminently strong . “ Catilina vero , longe a suis , inter hoftium cadavera repertus est , paululum • Palamon and Arcite , Book I. ctiam fpirans ; ferociamque animi ...
This reminds me of that forcible description in a writer whose fancy was eminently strong . “ Catilina vero , longe a suis , inter hoftium cadavera repertus est , paululum • Palamon and Arcite , Book I. ctiam fpirans ; ferociamque animi ...
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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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