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... style , is frequently obfcure . " Non minus autem cavenda erit , fays Quintilian , quæ nimium corripientes omnia fequitur , obfcuritas : fatiufque eft aliquid narrationi fupereffe , quam deeffe . Nam cum fupervacua cum tædio dicuntur ...
... style , is frequently obfcure . " Non minus autem cavenda erit , fays Quintilian , quæ nimium corripientes omnia fequitur , obfcuritas : fatiufque eft aliquid narrationi fupereffe , quam deeffe . Nam cum fupervacua cum tædio dicuntur ...
Page 140
... describe them in a purer style . Both these stories would have fhone under the hands of POPE . THIS doctrine of our author may be farther illuftrated by the following paffage of of Bacon . " It is no lefs worthy to 140 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... describe them in a purer style . Both these stories would have fhone under the hands of POPE . THIS doctrine of our author may be farther illuftrated by the following paffage of of Bacon . " It is no lefs worthy to 140 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... style , very different from this author's other works . The four firft were published in folio , in the year 1725 * ; and the fifth and fixth , incomparably the best , on the characters of women , in the year 1727 , that is , eight ...
... style , very different from this author's other works . The four firft were published in folio , in the year 1725 * ; and the fifth and fixth , incomparably the best , on the characters of women , in the year 1727 , that is , eight ...
Page 151
... style ; magna , non nimia ; fublimis , non abrupta ; fevera , non triftis ; læta , non luxuriofa ; plena , non tumida . And sometimes Tully ; as , vicit pudorem libido , timorem audacia , rationem amentia . But these writers fall into ...
... style ; magna , non nimia ; fublimis , non abrupta ; fevera , non triftis ; læta , non luxuriofa ; plena , non tumida . And sometimes Tully ; as , vicit pudorem libido , timorem audacia , rationem amentia . But these writers fall into ...
Page 154
... style , are expected ; but for subjects of a higher order , where any enthusiasm or emotion is to be expreffed , or for poems of a greater length , blank verfe is undoubtedly preferable . An epic poem in rhyme appears to be fuch a fort ...
... style , are expected ; but for subjects of a higher order , where any enthusiasm or emotion is to be expreffed , or for poems of a greater length , blank verfe is undoubtedly preferable . An epic poem in rhyme appears to be fuch a fort ...
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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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