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By that ftrange fatality which feems to difqualify authors from judging of their own works , he does not appear to have valued this piece , because he totally omits it in the enumeration and criticifm he has given , of the reft , in his ...
By that ftrange fatality which feems to difqualify authors from judging of their own works , he does not appear to have valued this piece , because he totally omits it in the enumeration and criticifm he has given , of the reft , in his ...
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To fhew the richness of his fancy , he has given us another picture of Jealousy , conpoema dell ' Ariosto , conofcendo la forza de l ' ufo , et vedendo che tanto diletta , come l'esperienza ci dimonftra , mutaffe opinione ...
To fhew the richness of his fancy , he has given us another picture of Jealousy , conpoema dell ' Ariosto , conofcendo la forza de l ' ufo , et vedendo che tanto diletta , come l'esperienza ci dimonftra , mutaffe opinione ...
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In his latin compofitions , his fix books on plants , where the fubject might have led him to a contrary practice , he imitates Martial rather than Virgil , and has given us more Epigrams than Defcriptions . I do not remember member to ...
In his latin compofitions , his fix books on plants , where the fubject might have led him to a contrary practice , he imitates Martial rather than Virgil , and has given us more Epigrams than Defcriptions . I do not remember member to ...
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On its first publication , POPE did not own it , and it was given by the public to Lord Paget , Dr. Young , Dr. Defaguliers , and others . Even Swift feems to have been deceived : There is a remarkable paffage in " I confefs I did never ...
On its first publication , POPE did not own it , and it was given by the public to Lord Paget , Dr. Young , Dr. Defaguliers , and others . Even Swift feems to have been deceived : There is a remarkable paffage in " I confefs I did never ...
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In doing which , our poet , it must be confeffed , left feveral paffages fo expreffed , as to be favourable to fatalism and neceflity , notwithstanding all the pains that can be taken , and the turns that can be given to thofe paffages ...
In doing which , our poet , it must be confeffed , left feveral paffages fo expreffed , as to be favourable to fatalism and neceflity , notwithstanding all the pains that can be taken , and the turns that can be given to thofe paffages ...
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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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