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To say that Amadis and Sir Tristan have a classical foundation , may at first sight appear paradoxical ; but if the subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildest chimeras in those books of chivalry with ...
To say that Amadis and Sir Tristan have a classical foundation , may at first sight appear paradoxical ; but if the subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildest chimeras in those books of chivalry with ...
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liness of our heroic measure , in this ludicrous narrative ; but after all his pains , this measure is not adapted to such subjects , so well as the lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * .
liness of our heroic measure , in this ludicrous narrative ; but after all his pains , this measure is not adapted to such subjects , so well as the lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * .
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Chaucer afforded him many subjects of a more serious and sublime species ; and it were to be wished , POPE had exercised his pencil on the pathetic story of the patience of Grisilda , or Troilus and Cressida , or the complaint of the ...
Chaucer afforded him many subjects of a more serious and sublime species ; and it were to be wished , POPE had exercised his pencil on the pathetic story of the patience of Grisilda , or Troilus and Cressida , or the complaint of the ...
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... pieces after Dryden used to say , Experto credite , quantus In clypeum affurgat , quo turbine torqueat haftam . Çrebillon was ninety when he brought his Catiline on the stage : tern of POPE , unconnected with the main subject of.
... pieces after Dryden used to say , Experto credite , quantus In clypeum affurgat , quo turbine torqueat haftam . Çrebillon was ninety when he brought his Catiline on the stage : tern of POPE , unconnected with the main subject of.
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tern of POPE , unconnected with the main subject of this work . The pi & ture of Arcite in the absence of Emilia , is highly expreffive of the deepest distress , and a compleat image of anguish . He rav'd with all the madness of despair ...
tern of POPE , unconnected with the main subject of this work . The pi & ture of Arcite in the absence of Emilia , is highly expreffive of the deepest distress , and a compleat image of anguish . He rav'd with all the madness of despair ...
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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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