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... Dunciad , " As man's meanders , to the vital spring " Roll all their tides , then back their circles bring , was originally in this poem , word for word . ” THE firft of these Imitations is of Chaucer ; as it paints neither characters ...
... Dunciad , " As man's meanders , to the vital spring " Roll all their tides , then back their circles bring , was originally in this poem , word for word . ” THE firft of these Imitations is of Chaucer ; as it paints neither characters ...
Page 98
... Dunciad ; ver . 417 . Or that bright image to our fancy draw , Which Theocles in raptur'd vifion faw . + Ver . 27 . the the food and fupport of others , whofe fouls may I 98 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS tures be fubjected to the fuperior nature ...
... Dunciad ; ver . 417 . Or that bright image to our fancy draw , Which Theocles in raptur'd vifion faw . + Ver . 27 . the the food and fupport of others , whofe fouls may I 98 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS tures be fubjected to the fuperior nature ...
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... Dunciad at the four hundred and fifth . This Effay is not decorated with many comparisons ; two however ought to be mentioned , on account of their aptness and propriety . The firft is , where he compares man to the vine , that gains ...
... Dunciad at the four hundred and fifth . This Effay is not decorated with many comparisons ; two however ought to be mentioned , on account of their aptness and propriety . The firft is , where he compares man to the vine , that gains ...
Page 245
... Dunciad , vol . i . p . 296 , to mean a pamphlet containing Mr. Wycherley's life . Now it happens , that in July 1715 , the Earl of Warwick ( who died at the age of twentythree , in Auguft 1721 ) was only a boy of feventeen , and not ...
... Dunciad , vol . i . p . 296 , to mean a pamphlet containing Mr. Wycherley's life . Now it happens , that in July 1715 , the Earl of Warwick ( who died at the age of twentythree , in Auguft 1721 ) was only a boy of feventeen , and not ...
Page 298
... that if our author could have been prefent , he perhaps might have been inclined to alter an opinion , of which he feems very fond , Ver . 82 . + At Eton School . " that in the fourth book of the Dunciad , in 298 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS · 1 ...
... that if our author could have been prefent , he perhaps might have been inclined to alter an opinion , of which he feems very fond , Ver . 82 . + At Eton School . " that in the fourth book of the Dunciad , in 298 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS · 1 ...
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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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