An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... Addison , I have ever converfed with , were perfons of the best tempers . Dorfet poffeffed the rare fecret of uniting energy with ease , in his striking compofitions . His verfes to Mr. Edward Howard , to Sir Thomas St. Serfe , his ...
... Addison , I have ever converfed with , were perfons of the best tempers . Dorfet poffeffed the rare fecret of uniting energy with ease , in his striking compofitions . His verfes to Mr. Edward Howard , to Sir Thomas St. Serfe , his ...
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... ADDISON may be compared with the most finished touches of LA BRUYERE . But the Epiftles we are now entering upon will place the matter beyond a difpute ; for the French can boast of no author who has fo much exhaufted the fcience of ...
... ADDISON may be compared with the most finished touches of LA BRUYERE . But the Epiftles we are now entering upon will place the matter beyond a difpute ; for the French can boast of no author who has fo much exhaufted the fcience of ...
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... ADDISON'S Treatife on Medals ; and the Minute Philofopher of Bishop BERKLEY . ” ALCIPHRON did , indeed , well deferve to be mentioned on this occafion ; notwithstanding it has been treated with contempt by writers much inferior to ...
... ADDISON'S Treatife on Medals ; and the Minute Philofopher of Bishop BERKLEY . ” ALCIPHRON did , indeed , well deferve to be mentioned on this occafion ; notwithstanding it has been treated with contempt by writers much inferior to ...
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... Addison * are written with that fweetness and purity of style , which conftitute him one of the first of our profe - writers . The Pleasures of Imagination , the Effay on the Georgics , and his laft papers in the Spectator and Guardian ...
... Addison * are written with that fweetness and purity of style , which conftitute him one of the first of our profe - writers . The Pleasures of Imagination , the Effay on the Georgics , and his laft papers in the Spectator and Guardian ...
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... ADDISON fays of an amphitheatre , That on its public fhews unpeopled Rómė , And held , uncrowded , nations in its womb † . BUT the beginning of the nineteenth line is eminently beautiful ; AMBITION figh'd ‡ s * Ver . 7 . ↑ Letter from ...
... ADDISON fays of an amphitheatre , That on its public fhews unpeopled Rómė , And held , uncrowded , nations in its womb † . BUT the beginning of the nineteenth line is eminently beautiful ; AMBITION figh'd ‡ s * Ver . 7 . ↑ Letter from ...
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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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