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I have been informed that Machiavel towards the latter part of his life grew religious , and that fome pieces of ascetic devotion , compofed by him , are preferved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel ...
I have been informed that Machiavel towards the latter part of his life grew religious , and that fome pieces of ascetic devotion , compofed by him , are preferved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel ...
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To fay that Amadis and Sir Triftan have a claffical foundation , may at firft fight appear paradoxical ; but if the subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildest chimeras in those books of chivalry with ...
To fay that Amadis and Sir Triftan have a claffical foundation , may at firft fight appear paradoxical ; but if the subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildest chimeras in those books of chivalry with ...
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Boileau did not look upon Fontaine as an original writer , and afed to fay he had borrowed both his ftile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . " Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet .
Boileau did not look upon Fontaine as an original writer , and afed to fay he had borrowed both his ftile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . " Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet .
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His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the criticism , but because it ...
His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the criticism , but because it ...
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Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good fenfe ; learned in all sciences ; 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 ...
Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good fenfe ; learned in all sciences ; 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 ...
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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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