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Page 43
There is another epiftle alfo , well worthy perufal , to his friend Mat . Clifford * , at the end of the fame volume . POPE † , in * Settle was affifted in writing the Anti - Achitophel by Clifford , and others the best wits of that ...
There is another epiftle alfo , well worthy perufal , to his friend Mat . Clifford * , at the end of the fame volume . POPE † , in * Settle was affifted in writing the Anti - Achitophel by Clifford , and others the best wits of that ...
Page 51
-In POPE's imitation of the fixth epiftle of Horace , there were two remarkable lines , E 2 the objects as they really exist in life , like Hagarth's AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 51.
-In POPE's imitation of the fixth epiftle of Horace , there were two remarkable lines , E 2 the objects as they really exist in life , like Hagarth's AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 51.
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In this part of this Epiftle the poet seems to have remarkably laboured his ftyle , which abounds in various figures , and is much elevated . POPE has practifed the great fecret of Virgil's art , which was to discover the very fingle ...
In this part of this Epiftle the poet seems to have remarkably laboured his ftyle , which abounds in various figures , and is much elevated . POPE has practifed the great fecret of Virgil's art , which was to discover the very fingle ...
Page 78
Many other parts of this epiftle have been judicioufly amended and improved . At first it ran , How inftinct varies ! what a hog may want Compar'd with thine , half - reas'ning elephant . And again ; What the advantage , if his finer ...
Many other parts of this epiftle have been judicioufly amended and improved . At first it ran , How inftinct varies ! what a hog may want Compar'd with thine , half - reas'ning elephant . And again ; What the advantage , if his finer ...
Page 117
Two fucceeding paffages , in this fourth . epiftle , the firft , at line 237 , on the emptinefs of Fame ; the fecond , at line 259 , on the inconveniences that attend fuperior parts and talents , are replete with strong sense , and a ...
Two fucceeding paffages , in this fourth . epiftle , the firft , at line 237 , on the emptinefs of Fame ; the fecond , at line 259 , on the inconveniences that attend fuperior parts and talents , are replete with strong sense , and a ...
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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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