An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... shall add nothing to what I have already faid on this fubject ; but only relate the occafion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , happening to pay a morning visit to Dryden , whom he always ...
... shall add nothing to what I have already faid on this fubject ; but only relate the occafion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , happening to pay a morning visit to Dryden , whom he always ...
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... shall felect the following paffage . He fends a monfter horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the depth of hell . The peft a virgin's face and bofom wears ; High on a crown a rifing fnake appears , Guards her black front , and hiffes ...
... shall felect the following paffage . He fends a monfter horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the depth of hell . The peft a virgin's face and bofom wears ; High on a crown a rifing fnake appears , Guards her black front , and hiffes ...
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... shall speak no more of it . THE Imitation of Spenfer is the fecond ; it is a defcription of an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece ...
... shall speak no more of it . THE Imitation of Spenfer is the fecond ; it is a defcription of an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece ...
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... shall find among them many Juvenals , without difcovering one Horace . THE DESCRIPTION of the LIFE of a Country Parfon is a lively imitation of Swift * , and is full of humour . The point of the likeness confifts in defcribing the ...
... shall find among them many Juvenals , without difcovering one Horace . THE DESCRIPTION of the LIFE of a Country Parfon is a lively imitation of Swift * , and is full of humour . The point of the likeness confifts in defcribing the ...
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... SHALL conclude this fection with a ftory , which POPE himself related , because it is characteristical of his old friend , and I fhall give it in the very words which POPE ufed , when he told it to Mr. Spence." Dr. Swift has an odd ...
... SHALL conclude this fection with a ftory , which POPE himself related , because it is characteristical of his old friend , and I fhall give it in the very words which POPE ufed , when he told it to Mr. Spence." Dr. Swift has an odd ...
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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 Volume 2 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. In Two Volumes, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Dodsley, 1782 |
| Original from | University of Lausanne |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
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