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Page 68
... was written , Mr. GRAY's odes had not been published : it is not exaggeration to fay , they are the most exquifite pieces of true poetry in our language . Pindaric Pindaric variety to the numbers , that is wanting not 68 ESSAY ON THE ...
... was written , Mr. GRAY's odes had not been published : it is not exaggeration to fay , they are the most exquifite pieces of true poetry in our language . Pindaric Pindaric variety to the numbers , that is wanting not 68 ESSAY ON THE ...
Page 103
... was full thirty when he published his fatires , fuch as ** Quintil . 1. xi . c . I. + Sect . x . 2 . ? we now have them . Moliere was full forty when H 4 We AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 103 et limatum*." In the earliest letters of ...
... was full thirty when he published his fatires , fuch as ** Quintil . 1. xi . c . I. + Sect . x . 2 . ? we now have them . Moliere was full forty when H 4 We AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 103 et limatum*." In the earliest letters of ...
Page 108
... published for his own benefit , by a fubfcription fo large , that it does honour to this Kingdom . Mr. Warburton informs us , that he fold it to Lintot the book- feller , on the following terms ; twelve hundred pounds paid down , and ...
... published for his own benefit , by a fubfcription fo large , that it does honour to this Kingdom . Mr. Warburton informs us , that he fold it to Lintot the book- feller , on the following terms ; twelve hundred pounds paid down , and ...
Page 120
... published before the world was bleffed with the First Philofophy . He who pretends to difcufs the Sentiments of Pythagoras , Plato , Ari- ftotle , WHEN Fontaine , whofe tales indicated a truly comic genius 120 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... published before the world was bleffed with the First Philofophy . He who pretends to difcufs the Sentiments of Pythagoras , Plato , Ari- ftotle , WHEN Fontaine , whofe tales indicated a truly comic genius 120 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 141
... Monody on lady Lyttleton , together with many Pieces in Dodfley's Mifcellanies , were not published when Dr. Warburton * Ver . 196 . delivered · delivered this infinuation of a failure of po- etical abilities AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 141.
... Monody on lady Lyttleton , together with many Pieces in Dodfley's Mifcellanies , were not published when Dr. Warburton * Ver . 196 . delivered · delivered this infinuation of a failure of po- etical abilities AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 141.
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