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Of JANUARY and MAY , The WIFE of BATH , and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and OVID , and the IMITATIONS of fome ENGLISH POETS . TH HE firft dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables .
Of JANUARY and MAY , The WIFE of BATH , and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and OVID , and the IMITATIONS of fome ENGLISH POETS . TH HE firft dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables .
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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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... aftrology , chemistry and romance , there was not one copy of Tully to be found , and no Latin poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; fome French tranflations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God .
... aftrology , chemistry and romance , there was not one copy of Tully to be found , and no Latin poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; fome French tranflations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God .
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... the character of Dryden , the constant pat* The falling off of his hair , faid a man of wit , had no other confequence , than to make his laurels to be feen the A person who tranflated fome pieces after Dryden used to say , more .
... the character of Dryden , the constant pat* The falling off of his hair , faid a man of wit , had no other confequence , than to make his laurels to be feen the A person who tranflated fome pieces after Dryden used to say , more .
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The fenfations of a man upon the approach of fome ftrange and fupernatural danger , can scarcely be reprefented more feelingly . All nature is thus faid to fympathize at the fecond appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with ...
The fenfations of a man upon the approach of fome ftrange and fupernatural danger , can scarcely be reprefented more feelingly . All nature is thus faid to fympathize at the fecond appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with ...
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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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