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... Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and fortyfeven years ; and if I might venture to pronounce fo rigorous a sentence , I would fay , that the Romans can boaft of but eight poets who are unexceptionably ...
... Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and fortyfeven years ; and if I might venture to pronounce fo rigorous a sentence , I would fay , that the Romans can boaft of but eight poets who are unexceptionably ...
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... Lucretius ; the latter , with all his vigour and fublimity of genius , could hardly fatisfy and come up to the grandeur of his theme . POPE labours under the fame difficulty . If any beauty in this Effay be uncommonly tranfcendent and ...
... Lucretius ; the latter , with all his vigour and fublimity of genius , could hardly fatisfy and come up to the grandeur of his theme . POPE labours under the fame difficulty . If any beauty in this Effay be uncommonly tranfcendent and ...
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... Lucretius proposes this objection , are as unphilofophical and inconclufive , as they are highly pathetic and poetical . Tum porrò puer , ut fævis projectus ab undis Navita , nudus humi jacet , infans , indigus omni Vitali auxilio , cum ...
... Lucretius proposes this objection , are as unphilofophical and inconclufive , as they are highly pathetic and poetical . Tum porrò puer , ut fævis projectus ab undis Navita , nudus humi jacet , infans , indigus omni Vitali auxilio , cum ...
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... fome of the most exalted pieces of English poetry . 38. Man walk'd with beast , joint tenant of the shade + . * Ver . 99 . H 3 + Ver . 152 . LUCRE LUCRETIUS , agreeably to his uncomfortable fyftem , has prefented AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 101.
... fome of the most exalted pieces of English poetry . 38. Man walk'd with beast , joint tenant of the shade + . * Ver . 99 . H 3 + Ver . 152 . LUCRE LUCRETIUS , agreeably to his uncomfortable fyftem , has prefented AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 101.
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Joseph Warton. LUCRETIUS , agreeably to his uncomfortable fyftem , has prefented us with a different , and more horrid picture of this ftate of nature . The calamitous condition of man is exhibited by images of much energy , and wildness ...
Joseph Warton. LUCRETIUS , agreeably to his uncomfortable fyftem , has prefented us with a different , and more horrid picture of this ftate of nature . The calamitous condition of man is exhibited by images of much energy , and wildness ...
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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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