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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.
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.
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In this way of writing , Swift excelled ; witness his description of a morning in the city , of a city fhower , of the house of Baucis and Philemon , and the verses on his own death . These are of the fame fpecies with the piece before ...
In this way of writing , Swift excelled ; witness his description of a morning in the city , of a city fhower , of the house of Baucis and Philemon , and the verses on his own death . These are of the fame fpecies with the piece before ...
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Mero reigned first , Fontenelle represents her as a forceress or jugler who could convey away bread , and perform acts of conjuration with dead bodies : This is precisely the Lord Peter of Swift , who presents a piece of bread to his ...
Mero reigned first , Fontenelle represents her as a forceress or jugler who could convey away bread , and perform acts of conjuration with dead bodies : This is precisely the Lord Peter of Swift , who presents a piece of bread to his ...
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fame Lord Peter in Swift , performs throughout the very part that Mero plays in Fontenelle . Thus all is imitation . The idea of the Perfian Letters is taken from the Turkish Spy . Boiardo has imitated Pulci , Ariofto has imitated ...
fame Lord Peter in Swift , performs throughout the very part that Mero plays in Fontenelle . Thus all is imitation . The idea of the Perfian Letters is taken from the Turkish Spy . Boiardo has imitated Pulci , Ariofto has imitated ...
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Even Swift feems to have been deceived : There is a remarkable paffage in " I confefs I did never one of his letters . imagine you were so deep in morals , or that fo many new and excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and ...
Even Swift feems to have been deceived : There is a remarkable paffage in " I confefs I did never one of his letters . imagine you were so deep in morals , or that fo many new and excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and ...
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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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