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linefs of our heroic measure , in this ludicrous narrative ; but after all his pains , this measure is not adapted to fuch fubjects , fo well as the lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * .
linefs of our heroic measure , in this ludicrous narrative ; but after all his pains , this measure is not adapted to fuch fubjects , fo well as the lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * .
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... aftrology , chemistry and romance , there was not one copy of Tully to be found , and no Latin poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; fome French tranflations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God .
... aftrology , chemistry and romance , there was not one copy of Tully to be found , and no Latin poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; fome French tranflations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God .
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Lord Bolingbroke affured POPE , that Dryden aften 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 ftrange .
Lord Bolingbroke affured POPE , that Dryden aften 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 ftrange .
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The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The following twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome 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 following twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not ...
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Which of the French writers has produced any thing at once fo gallant and fo lofty ? The English verfification was much fmoothed by Waller ; who used to own that he derived the harmony of his numbers from Fairfax's Taffo ...
Which of the French writers has produced any thing at once fo gallant and fo lofty ? The English verfification was much fmoothed by Waller ; who used to own that he derived the harmony of his numbers from Fairfax's Taffo ...
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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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