An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Joseph Warton. of Cowley . 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 ...
Joseph Warton. of Cowley . 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 ...
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... fenfe , and just observation upon * vice and folly , that are very remarkable in a perfon fo extremely young as he was , at the time he compofed it . I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that ...
... fenfe , and just observation upon * vice and folly , that are very remarkable in a perfon fo extremely young as he was , at the time he compofed it . I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that ...
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... fenfe of hearing were but one thousand times quicker than it is , how would a perpetual noise distract us ; and wę * Locke's Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I , pag . 256 , + Ver . 201 . Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I. pag ...
... fenfe of hearing were but one thousand times quicker than it is , how would a perpetual noise distract us ; and wę * Locke's Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I , pag . 256 , + Ver . 201 . Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I. pag ...
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... fenfe , good - humour , and a poet * . The world fhall know it - is an unmeaning expreffion , and a poor expletive , into which our poet was forced by the rhyme † . * Ver . 291 . La Rime gêne plus qu'elle n ' orne les vers , Elle les ...
... fenfe , good - humour , and a poet * . The world fhall know it - is an unmeaning expreffion , and a poor expletive , into which our poet was forced by the rhyme † . * Ver . 291 . La Rime gêne plus qu'elle n ' orne les vers , Elle les ...
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... What rhyme adds to sweetness , it takes away from fenfe . " DRYDEN . - The rhymes in L'Allegro and Il Penferofo are juft and correct . affected affected so much in blank verfe , would not have AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 155.
... What rhyme adds to sweetness , it takes away from fenfe . " DRYDEN . - The rhymes in L'Allegro and Il Penferofo are juft and correct . affected affected so much in blank verfe , would not have AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 155.
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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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