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“ Chaucer is a perpetual foun : tain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all fubjects : As he knew what to say , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few ...
“ Chaucer is a perpetual foun : tain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all fubjects : As he knew what to say , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few ...
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... paints neither characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the present edition , I fhall speak no more of it .
... paints neither characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the present edition , I fhall speak no more of it .
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+ * Speaking of his imitations , Pope said to Mr. Spence , “ I had once a design of giving a taste of all the Greek poets ; I would have translated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . so that I would ...
+ * Speaking of his imitations , Pope said to Mr. Spence , “ I had once a design of giving a taste of all the Greek poets ; I would have translated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . so that I would ...
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judicious M. de Montesquieu , who in his noble chapter on the English Constitution , Book 19 , speaks thus of our writers . “ As society and the mixing in company , gives to men a quicker sense of ridicule , so retirement more disposes ...
judicious M. de Montesquieu , who in his noble chapter on the English Constitution , Book 19 , speaks thus of our writers . “ As society and the mixing in company , gives to men a quicker sense of ridicule , so retirement more disposes ...
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The soul uneasy , and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come I. In former editions it used to be printed at home ; but this expression seeming to exclude a future existence , as ; to speak the plain truth , it was ...
The soul uneasy , and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come I. In former editions it used to be printed at home ; but this expression seeming to exclude a future existence , as ; to speak the plain truth , it was ...
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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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