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If we pass on from descriptions of persons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape ...
If we pass on from descriptions of persons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape ...
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I shall select only the following picture of Sigismonda , as it has the same attitude in which she appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn sorrow , free from female noise , Such as the Majesty of grief destroys : VOL .
I shall select only the following picture of Sigismonda , as it has the same attitude in which she appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn sorrow , free from female noise , Such as the Majesty of grief destroys : VOL .
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I shall confine myself to point out only two passages , which relate the two appearances of this formidable figure : and I place them last , as I think them. • It is * This is one of Boccace's most serious stories . a curious thing to ...
I shall confine myself to point out only two passages , which relate the two appearances of this formidable figure : and I place them last , as I think them. • It is * This is one of Boccace's most serious stories . a curious thing to ...
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I shall add nothing to what I have already faid on this subject * ; but only relate the occasion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , happening to pay a morning visit to Dryden , whom he always ...
I shall add nothing to what I have already faid on this subject * ; but only relate the occasion 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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For a confirmation of the foregoing remark on Statius , and for a proof of the strength and spirit of Pope's youthful translation , I shall select the following paffage . He fends a monster horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the ...
For a confirmation of the foregoing remark on Statius , and for a proof of the strength and spirit of Pope's youthful translation , I shall select the following paffage . He fends a monster horrible and fell , Begot by furies in the ...
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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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