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Of JANUARY and MAY ; The Wife of Bath , and Translations of STATIUS and Ovid , and the IMITATIONS of Some English Poets . T HE first dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables .
Of JANUARY and MAY ; The Wife of Bath , and Translations of STATIUS and Ovid , and the IMITATIONS of Some English Poets . T HE first dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables .
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I have been informed that Machiavel towards the latter part of his life grew religious , and that some pieces of ascetic devotion , composed by him , are preserved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel ...
I have been informed that Machiavel towards the latter part of his life grew religious , and that some pieces of ascetic devotion , composed by him , are preserved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel ...
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Some faint traditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and alive during the whole barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but these have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the ...
Some faint traditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and alive during the whole barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but these have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the ...
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... astrology , chemistry and romance , there was not one copy of Tully to be found , and no Latin poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; some French translations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God .
... astrology , chemistry and romance , there was not one copy of Tully to be found , and no Latin poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; some French translations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God .
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There is also a decree of the inquisition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caused some alterations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom . II . p . 62 . a Berlin , 1754and . rivalled 18 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
There is also a decree of the inquisition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caused some alterations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom . II . p . 62 . a Berlin , 1754and . rivalled 18 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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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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