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I have been informed that Machiavel towards the latter part of his life grew religious , and that fome pieces of ascetic devotion , compofed by him , are preferved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel ...
I have been informed that Machiavel towards the latter part of his life grew religious , and that fome pieces of ascetic devotion , compofed by him , are preferved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel ...
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Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , happening to pay a morning visit to Dryden , whom he always refpected † , found him in an unusual agitation of fpirits , even to a trembling . On enquiring the cause , " I have been up all ...
Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , happening to pay a morning visit to Dryden , whom he always refpected † , found him in an unusual agitation of fpirits , even to a trembling . On enquiring the cause , " I have been up all ...
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This anecdote , as true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to POPE , by POPE to Mr. Gilbert Weft , by him to the ingenious friend who communicated it to me * . The rapidity , and yet the perfpicuity of the thoughts ...
This anecdote , as true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to POPE , by POPE to Mr. Gilbert Weft , by him to the ingenious friend who communicated it to me * . The rapidity , and yet the perfpicuity of the thoughts ...
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Lord Somers was paffionately fond of the Fairy Queen ; it was his favourite work ; in the last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he defired to be painted with a Spenfer in his hand . + Book iii . c . II . I Пep ur .
Lord Somers was paffionately fond of the Fairy Queen ; it was his favourite work ; in the last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he defired to be painted with a Spenfer in his hand . + Book iii . c . II . I Пep ur .
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ARTEMISIA * Lord Bolingbroke ufed to relate , that his Great Grandfather Ireton , and Fleetwood , being one day engaged in a private drinking party with Cromwell , and wanting VOL . II . E to ARTEMISIA and PHRYNE are two characters in ...
ARTEMISIA * Lord Bolingbroke ufed to relate , that his Great Grandfather Ireton , and Fleetwood , being one day engaged in a private drinking party with Cromwell , and wanting VOL . II . E to ARTEMISIA and PHRYNE are two characters in ...
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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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