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Some faint traditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and alive during the whole barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but these have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B 2 ...
Some faint traditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and alive during the whole barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but these have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B 2 ...
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... subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildest chimeras in those books of chivalry with which Don Quixote's library was furnished , would be found to have a clofe connexion with ancient mythology .
... subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildest chimeras in those books of chivalry with which Don Quixote's library was furnished , would be found to have a clofe connexion with ancient mythology .
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... and therefore fpeaks properly on all subjects : As he knew what to fay , so he 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 .
... and therefore fpeaks properly on all subjects : As he knew what to fay , so he 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 .
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Even the absurdity of feigning ancient heroes , fuch as Thefeus and Lycurgus , prefent at the lifts and a modern combat , is overwhelmed and obliterated amidst the blaze , the pomp , and the profufion of fuch animated poetry .
Even the absurdity of feigning ancient heroes , fuch as Thefeus and Lycurgus , prefent at the lifts and a modern combat , is overwhelmed and obliterated amidst the blaze , the pomp , and the profufion of fuch animated poetry .
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IT has been fafhionable of late to imitate Spenfer , but the likeness of most of these copies , hath confifted rather in ufing a few of his ancient expreffions , than in catching his real manner . Some however have been executed with ...
IT has been fafhionable of late to imitate Spenfer , but the likeness of most of these copies , hath confifted rather in ufing a few of his ancient expreffions , than in catching his real manner . Some however have been executed with ...
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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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