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... by their swelling epithets , by their want of a just decorum , have a strong tendency to dazzle , and to mislead inexperienced minds , and tastes unformed , from the true relish of possibility , propriety , simplicity and nature .
... by their swelling epithets , by their want of a just decorum , have a strong tendency to dazzle , and to mislead inexperienced minds , and tastes unformed , from the true relish of possibility , propriety , simplicity and nature .
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These only can be called legitimate models of just thinking C 4 and and writing . Succeeding authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23 Promifitque diem; tanta dulcedine captos ...
These only can be called legitimate models of just thinking C 4 and and writing . Succeeding authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23 Promifitque diem; tanta dulcedine captos ...
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Pope in this imitation has discovered a fund of solid sense , and just observation upon ' vice and folly , that are very remarkable in a person so extremely young as he was , at the time he composed it . I believe on a fair comparison ...
Pope in this imitation has discovered a fund of solid sense , and just observation upon ' vice and folly , that are very remarkable in a person so extremely young as he was , at the time he composed it . I believe on a fair comparison ...
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Just at that instant , an officer entered to inform the protector , that a deputation from the presbyterian minifters attended without , « Tell them , says Cromwell , with a countenance instantly composed , that I am retired , that I ...
Just at that instant , an officer entered to inform the protector , that a deputation from the presbyterian minifters attended without , « Tell them , says Cromwell , with a countenance instantly composed , that I am retired , that I ...
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A bottle of wine two shillingstwo and two are four , and one is five ; just two and fixpence a - piece ; there Pope , there's half a crown for you , and there's another for you , Sir ; for I won't save any thing by you , I am determined ...
A bottle of wine two shillingstwo and two are four , and one is five ; just two and fixpence a - piece ; there Pope , there's half a crown for you , and there's another for you , Sir ; for I won't save any thing by you , I am determined ...
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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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