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Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and fpirit ; but his images are gigantic and outrageous , and his fentiments tortured and hyperbolical . It can hardly , I think , be doubted , but that Juvenal intended a fevere fatire on him ...
Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and fpirit ; but his images are gigantic and outrageous , and his fentiments tortured and hyperbolical . It can hardly , I think , be doubted , but that Juvenal intended a fevere fatire on him ...
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What folid reafon can we give why the Romans , who so happily imitated the Greeks in many respects , and breathed a truly tragic fpirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though fo fond of theatrical fpectacles ?
What folid reafon can we give why the Romans , who so happily imitated the Greeks in many respects , and breathed a truly tragic fpirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though fo fond of theatrical fpectacles ?
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Compare Cowley's ode on prefenting his book to the Bodleian library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646 , written in the true fpirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar .
Compare Cowley's ode on prefenting his book to the Bodleian library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646 , written in the true fpirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar .
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We have here a striking example of that poetic fpirit , that harmonious , and varied verfification , and that ftrength of imagery , which confpire to excite our admiration of this beautiful poem * , 28. Proud of an eafy conqueft all ...
We have here a striking example of that poetic fpirit , that harmonious , and varied verfification , and that ftrength of imagery , which confpire to excite our admiration of this beautiful poem * , 28. Proud of an eafy conqueft all ...
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A fentiment worthy of the free fpirit of Demofthenes , and an image worthy of the genius of Homer * . 45. Such is the world's great harmony , that springs From order , union , full confent of things t THERE is no where to be found fo ...
A fentiment worthy of the free fpirit of Demofthenes , and an image worthy of the genius of Homer * . 45. Such is the world's great harmony , that springs From order , union , full confent of things t THERE is no where to be found fo ...
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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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