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If we pass on from defcriptions of perfons to those of things , we fhall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is fituated with propriety , in a country defolate and joylefs ; all around it , The landscape was a foreft ...
If we pass on from defcriptions of perfons to those of things , we fhall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is fituated with propriety , in a country defolate and joylefs ; all around it , The landscape was a foreft ...
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... of but eight poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , PROPERTIUS , PHÆDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of just thinking C 4 and 1 and writing .
... of but eight poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , PROPERTIUS , PHÆDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of just thinking C 4 and 1 and writing .
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Compare Cowley's ode on prefenting his book to the Bodleian library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646 , written in the true fpirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar .
Compare Cowley's ode on prefenting his book to the Bodleian library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646 , written in the true fpirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar .
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But POPE obferved on the occafion , " Brown is an excellent copyift , and those who take his imitations amifs , are much in the wrong ; they are very ftrongly mannered , and few perhaps could write fo well if they were not fo .
But POPE obferved on the occafion , " Brown is an excellent copyift , and those who take his imitations amifs , are much in the wrong ; they are very ftrongly mannered , and few perhaps could write fo well if they were not fo .
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... with dead bodies : This is precisely the Lord Peter of Swift , who presents a piece of bread to his two brothers , and fays to them , This , my good friends , is excellent Burgundy , these partridges have an admirable flavour .
... with dead bodies : This is precisely the Lord Peter of Swift , who presents a piece of bread to his two brothers , and fays to them , This , my good friends , is excellent Burgundy , these partridges have an admirable flavour .
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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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