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This effect , fays he , [ Hiftory of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is ufually afcribed to the change of manners ; but manners have more changed fince Homer's age , and yet that poet remains still the favourite ...
This effect , fays he , [ Hiftory of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is ufually afcribed to the change of manners ; but manners have more changed fince Homer's age , and yet that poet remains still the favourite ...
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I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that although the turn of the fatire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould write a fatire on * Hume's Hiftory of Great - Britain . Vol .
I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that although the turn of the fatire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould write a fatire on * Hume's Hiftory of Great - Britain . Vol .
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It is a fact worthy the attention of those who study the hiftory of learning , that the grofs licentiousness and applauded debauchery of Charles the Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progress of polite literature and ...
It is a fact worthy the attention of those who study the hiftory of learning , that the grofs licentiousness and applauded debauchery of Charles the Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progress of polite literature and ...
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See the account of her own conduct , drawn up under her own eye and direction , by Mr. HookE , author of the Roman Hiftory , of the life of Fenelon , and of the translation of the travels of Cyrus . Dr. KING , of St. Mary Hall ...
See the account of her own conduct , drawn up under her own eye and direction , by Mr. HookE , author of the Roman Hiftory , of the life of Fenelon , and of the translation of the travels of Cyrus . Dr. KING , of St. Mary Hall ...
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Mr. Gray had alfo an exquifite taste in architecture , joined to the knowledge of an accurate antiquarian . See the introduction to Bentham's Hiftory of Ely Cathedral , fuppofed to be drawn up by Gray , or under his eye .
Mr. Gray had alfo an exquifite taste in architecture , joined to the knowledge of an accurate antiquarian . See the introduction to Bentham's Hiftory of Ely Cathedral , fuppofed to be drawn up by Gray , or under his eye .
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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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