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The temple itself is nobly and magnificently ftudied ; and , at the fame time , adapted to the furious nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tremendous idea . * These paffages are chiefly of the ...
The temple itself is nobly and magnificently ftudied ; and , at the fame time , adapted to the furious nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tremendous idea . * These paffages are chiefly of the ...
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I fhall felect only the following picture of Sigifmonda , as it has the fame attitude in which the appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majefty of grief deftroys : VOL .
I fhall felect only the following picture of Sigifmonda , as it has the fame attitude in which the appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majefty of grief deftroys : VOL .
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And afterwards , when he becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his refentment is more temperate . See verfe 433 down to verfe 472 , of the fame most enchanting tragedy . . chufe * dipus ...
And afterwards , when he becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his refentment is more temperate . See verfe 433 down to verfe 472 , of the fame most enchanting tragedy . . chufe * dipus ...
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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 time , who combined against Dryden , + Another line likewife of POPE exactly ...
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 time , who combined against Dryden , + Another line likewife of POPE exactly ...
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These are of the fame fpecies with the piece before us . In this alfo confifts the chief beauty of Gay's Trivia , a fubject Swift defired him to write upon , and for which he furnished him with many hints . The character of Swift has ...
These are of the fame fpecies with the piece before us . In this alfo confifts the chief beauty of Gay's Trivia , a fubject Swift defired him to write upon , and for which he furnished him with many hints . The character of Swift has ...
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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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