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And France , without having formed a fingle Epopëa , has carried dramatic poetry to so high a pitch of perfection in Corneille , Racine , and Moliere . FOR a confirmation of the foregoing remark on Statius , and for a proof of the ...
And France , without having formed a fingle Epopëa , has carried dramatic poetry to so high a pitch of perfection in Corneille , Racine , and Moliere . FOR a confirmation of the foregoing remark on Statius , and for a proof of the ...
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THE fame paffion excited Richlieu to throw up the dyke at Rochelle , and to difpute the prize of poetry with Corneille ; whom to traduce was the fureft method of gaining the affection of this ambitious minister , who aspired equally to ...
THE fame paffion excited Richlieu to throw up the dyke at Rochelle , and to difpute the prize of poetry with Corneille ; whom to traduce was the fureft method of gaining the affection of this ambitious minister , who aspired equally to ...
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Neither SPENCER or MILTON , or DANTE or TASSO , or CORNEILLE were patronized by the governments under which they lived . And HORACE and VIRGIL and BOILEAU were formed , before they had an opportunity of flattering AUGUSTUS and LEWIS XIV ...
Neither SPENCER or MILTON , or DANTE or TASSO , or CORNEILLE were patronized by the governments under which they lived . And HORACE and VIRGIL and BOILEAU were formed , before they had an opportunity of flattering AUGUSTUS and LEWIS XIV ...
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Which line Corneille took for his motto . 39. Non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi † . I'll do what MEAD and Chefelden advife . MEAD , a judge of pure Latinity , having disputed with Pope on the impropriety of the expreffion ...
Which line Corneille took for his motto . 39. Non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungi † . I'll do what MEAD and Chefelden advife . MEAD , a judge of pure Latinity , having disputed with Pope on the impropriety of the expreffion ...
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At which time Corneille was but three years old . The rules of the drama are as much violated in the * Cid , 1637 , beautiful as it is , as in the Macbeth , Lear , and Othello , all written before Corneille was born ; whofe first comedy ...
At which time Corneille was but three years old . The rules of the drama are as much violated in the * Cid , 1637 , beautiful as it is , as in the Macbeth , Lear , and Othello , all written before Corneille was born ; whofe first comedy ...
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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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