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Page 104
... fpeaking with fuitable majesty and elevation ; the is chiding her foolish and ungrateful children for their vain and impious discontent . Quid tibi tantopere ' ft , mortalis , quod nimis ęgris Luctibus indulges ? quid mortem congemis ...
... fpeaking with fuitable majesty and elevation ; the is chiding her foolish and ungrateful children for their vain and impious discontent . Quid tibi tantopere ' ft , mortalis , quod nimis ęgris Luctibus indulges ? quid mortem congemis ...
Page 137
... fpeaking against the bishop , in order to which he begged fome hints . The minifter was deceived , and went through the whole cause with him , pointing out where the strength of the argument lay , and where it's weakness . The Duke was ...
... fpeaking against the bishop , in order to which he begged fome hints . The minifter was deceived , and went through the whole cause with him , pointing out where the strength of the argument lay , and where it's weakness . The Duke was ...
Page 143
... foregoing . It was a common saying of Boileau , fpeaking of La Bruyere , that one of the most difficult parts of compofition , was the art of transition . That we we may see how happily POPE has caught the manner AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 143.
... foregoing . It was a common saying of Boileau , fpeaking of La Bruyere , that one of the most difficult parts of compofition , was the art of transition . That we we may see how happily POPE has caught the manner AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 143.
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... fpeaking but feldom , and do not make it their conftant and general manner . Those moderns who have not acquired a true tafte for the fimplicity of the best ancients * , have generally run into a frequent use of point , oppofition , and ...
... fpeaking but feldom , and do not make it their conftant and general manner . Those moderns who have not acquired a true tafte for the fimplicity of the best ancients * , have generally run into a frequent use of point , oppofition , and ...
Page 167
... fpeaking of Deianira determined to destroy herself , and taking leave of her palace , he adds , a circumftance that Voltaire would have difdained ! Κλαις δ ̓ οργάνων στι Ψαύσειεν , οις εχρητο δειλαια παρος * . Among the Roman poets ...
... fpeaking of Deianira determined to destroy herself , and taking leave of her palace , he adds , a circumftance that Voltaire would have difdained ! Κλαις δ ̓ οργάνων στι Ψαύσειεν , οις εχρητο δειλαια παρος * . Among the Roman poets ...
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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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