An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHÆDRUS . Thefe only can be called legitimate models of just thinking and C 4 and writing . Succeeding authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23 Promifitque diem; tanta dulcedine captos ...
... HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHÆDRUS . Thefe only can be called legitimate models of just thinking and C 4 and writing . Succeeding authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23 Promifitque diem; tanta dulcedine captos ...
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... Horace's epiftolary writings ; I must therefore insert a fpecimen of this , his excellence . Ergo iterum verfus ? dices . O Vane ! quid ergo Morbum ejurafti toties , tibi qui infidet altis , Non evellendus , vi vel ratione , medullis ...
... Horace's epiftolary writings ; I must therefore insert a fpecimen of this , his excellence . Ergo iterum verfus ? dices . O Vane ! quid ergo Morbum ejurafti toties , tibi qui infidet altis , Non evellendus , vi vel ratione , medullis ...
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Joseph Warton. one of his imitations of Horace , has ex- hibited the real character of Cowley , with delicacy and candour . Who now reads Cowley ? if he pleases yet , His moral pleases , not his pointed wit ... Horace, has ex- ...
Joseph Warton. one of his imitations of Horace , has ex- hibited the real character of Cowley , with delicacy and candour . Who now reads Cowley ? if he pleases yet , His moral pleases , not his pointed wit ... Horace, has ex- ...
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... Horace , are the only pieces of this profligate nobleman , which modesty or common fense will allow any man to read . Rochefter had much energy in his thoughts and diction , and though the ancient satirifts often use great liberty in ...
... Horace , are the only pieces of this profligate nobleman , which modesty or common fense will allow any man to read . Rochefter had much energy in his thoughts and diction , and though the ancient satirifts often use great liberty in ...
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... Horace . THE DESCRIPTION of the LIFE of a Country Parfon is a lively imitation of Swift * , and is full of humour . The point of the likeness confifts in defcribing the objects See a Pipe of Tobacco , p . 282 , vol . 2. Dodfley's ...
... Horace . THE DESCRIPTION of the LIFE of a Country Parfon is a lively imitation of Swift * , and is full of humour . The point of the likeness confifts in defcribing the objects See a Pipe of Tobacco , p . 282 , vol . 2. Dodfley's ...
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