An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers , and fcarcely by any of the ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never ...
... also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers , and fcarcely by any of the ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never ...
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... also a decree of the inquifition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caufed fome al- terations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom . II . p . 62 . a Berlin , 1754- and and I place them laft , as I think them 18 ESSAY ON ...
... also a decree of the inquifition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caufed fome al- terations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom . II . p . 62 . a Berlin , 1754- and and I place them laft , as I think them 18 ESSAY ON ...
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... also another writer of a bad taste , on whom POPE employed fome of his youthful hours ; in tranflating the sto- ries of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological knowledge they contain , the works of Ovid ought not to ...
... also another writer of a bad taste , on whom POPE employed fome of his youthful hours ; in tranflating the sto- ries of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological knowledge they contain , the works of Ovid ought not to ...
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... freedom than his blank - verse . * Dodfley's Mifcellanies , Vol . I. pag . 247 , and Vol . III . pag . 119 . † And also Dr. Beattie's charming Minstrel . D 3 POPE POPE has imitated WALLER in the third place , and AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 37.
... freedom than his blank - verse . * Dodfley's Mifcellanies , Vol . I. pag . 247 , and Vol . III . pag . 119 . † And also Dr. Beattie's charming Minstrel . D 3 POPE POPE has imitated WALLER in the third place , and AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 37.
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... also neceffary and unavoidable ; That the feeming defects and blemishes in the universe , confpire to its general beauty ; That as all parts in an animal are not eyes , and as in a city , comedy , or picture , all ranks , characters ...
... also neceffary and unavoidable ; That the feeming defects and blemishes in the universe , confpire to its general beauty ; That as all parts in an animal are not eyes , and as in a city , comedy , or picture , all ranks , characters ...
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