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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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... astrology , chemistry and romance , there was not one copy of Tully to be found , and no Latin poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; some French translations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God .
... astrology , chemistry and romance , there was not one copy of Tully to be found , and no Latin poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; some French translations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God .
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Lord Bolingbroke assured Pope , that Dryden often declared to him , that he got more from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ; which appears strange .
Lord Bolingbroke assured Pope , that Dryden often declared to him , that he got more from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ; which appears strange .
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The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The fol , lowing twelve lines contain three allusions , delicate indeed , but some may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not ...
The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The fol , lowing twelve lines contain three allusions , delicate indeed , but some may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not ...
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But when the bright sun did appear , All those he ' gan despise ; His wonder was determin'd there , And could no higher rise . was Which of the French writers has produced any thing at once fo gallant and so lofty ?
But when the bright sun did appear , All those he ' gan despise ; His wonder was determin'd there , And could no higher rise . was Which of the French writers has produced any thing at once fo gallant and so lofty ?
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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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