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... though fo fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never produced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two 24 * ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... though fo fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never produced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two 24 * ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two or three illuftrious epic writers , yet has no Sophocles , Euripides , or Menander . And France , without having formed a fingle Epopëa , has carried dramatic poetry to so high a pitch of ...
the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two or three illuftrious epic writers , yet has no Sophocles , Euripides , or Menander . And France , without having formed a fingle Epopëa , has carried dramatic poetry to so high a pitch of ...
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Thou , fury , then , fome lafting curfe entail , Which o'er their children's children fhall prevail ; Place on their heads that crown diftain'd with gore , Which thefe dire hands from my flain father tore . OVID is also another writer ...
Thou , fury , then , fome lafting curfe entail , Which o'er their children's children fhall prevail ; Place on their heads that crown diftain'd with gore , Which thefe dire hands from my flain father tore . OVID is also another writer ...
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... By that way's fide there fate infernal Pain , And faft befide him fat tumultuous Strife The one , in hand an iron whip did ftrain , The other brandished a bloody knife , And both did gnash their teeth , and both did threaten life * ...
... By that way's fide there fate infernal Pain , And faft befide him fat tumultuous Strife The one , in hand an iron whip did ftrain , The other brandished a bloody knife , And both did gnash their teeth , and both did threaten life * ...
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Lord Somers was paffionately fond of the Fairy Queen ; it was his favourite work ; in the last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he defired to be painted with a Spenfer in his hand . + Book iii . c . II . I Пep ur .
Lord Somers was paffionately fond of the Fairy Queen ; it was his favourite work ; in the last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he defired to be painted with a Spenfer in his hand . + Book iii . c . II . I Пep ur .
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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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