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The cave of Polypheme might furnish out the ideas of their giants , and Andromeda might give occafion for ftories of diftreffed damfels on the point of being devoured by dragons , and delivered at fuch a critical feafon by their ...
The cave of Polypheme might furnish out the ideas of their giants , and Andromeda might give occafion for ftories of diftreffed damfels on the point of being devoured by dragons , and delivered at fuch a critical feafon by their ...
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... in this he follows the fteps of Pius V. his predeceffor , of blessed memory , and which threatens with fevere punishments all thofe , who fhall dare to give any disturbance to those bookfellers to whom this privilege is granted .
... in this he follows the fteps of Pius V. his predeceffor , of blessed memory , and which threatens with fevere punishments all thofe , who fhall dare to give any disturbance to those bookfellers to whom this privilege is granted .
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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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Among a multitude of objects delineated with the utmost force * , which we might felect on * Whence it came to pafs that Spenfer did not give his poem the due fimplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti mate Epopea , the reader may ...
Among a multitude of objects delineated with the utmost force * , which we might felect on * Whence it came to pafs that Spenfer did not give his poem the due fimplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti mate Epopea , the reader may ...
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His profe works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perused with common patience by a lover of antiquity . He that would fee Pindar's manner truly imitated , may read Mafters's ...
His profe works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perused with common patience by a lover of antiquity . He that would fee Pindar's manner truly imitated , may read Mafters's ...
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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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