An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... design fit for GUIDO to execute .. The graceful Goddess was array'd in green ; About her feet were little beagles seen , That watch'd with UPWARD eyes the motions of their queen . But above all , the whole description of the entering ...
... design fit for GUIDO to execute .. The graceful Goddess was array'd in green ; About her feet were little beagles seen , That watch'd with UPWARD eyes the motions of their queen . But above all , the whole description of the entering ...
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... design , or diforder rather of Ariosto , the favourite poet of that time . " We must not try the charming sallies of Ariosto by the rigid rules of Aristotle . There is a remarkable letter of Bernardo Tafso , the father of Torquato , in ...
... design , or diforder rather of Ariosto , the favourite poet of that time . " We must not try the charming sallies of Ariosto by the rigid rules of Aristotle . There is a remarkable letter of Bernardo Tafso , the father of Torquato , in ...
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... design of giving a taste of all the Greek poets ; I would have translated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . fo that I would have exhibited a general view of their poefie , throughout its different ...
... design of giving a taste of all the Greek poets ; I would have translated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . fo that I would have exhibited a general view of their poefie , throughout its different ...
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... stores ? But being ignorant of the intent or design of all above , would he pro- nounce. * Τα μερη προς αυτο το όλον δει σκοπειν , ει συμφωνα και αρμόζτονλα εκείνω , Plotinus , tent * Ver . 99 . animal 64 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... stores ? But being ignorant of the intent or design of all above , would he pro- nounce. * Τα μερη προς αυτο το όλον δει σκοπειν , ει συμφωνα και αρμόζτονλα εκείνω , Plotinus , tent * Ver . 99 . animal 64 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Joseph Warton. tent or design of all above , would he pro- nounce the masts and cordage to be useless and cumbersome , and for this reason con- demn the frame , and despise the architect ? O my friend ! let us not thus betray our ...
Joseph Warton. tent or design of all above , would he pro- nounce the masts and cordage to be useless and cumbersome , and for this reason con- demn the frame , and despise the architect ? O my friend ! let us not thus betray our ...
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