An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... juft decorum , have a strong tendency to dazzle , and to mislead inexperienced minds , and taftes unformed , from the true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and ...
... juft decorum , have a strong tendency to dazzle , and to mislead inexperienced minds , and taftes unformed , from the true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and ...
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... juft 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 fave any thing by you , I am determined . This was all faid and done with his ufual seriousness on fuch ...
... juft 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 fave any thing by you , I am determined . This was all faid and done with his ufual seriousness on fuch ...
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... juft , has thy pervading foul Look'd thro ' ? Or can a part contain the whole ? " IMAGINE only fome perfon entirely a ftranger to navigation , and ignorant of the nature of the fea or waters , how great his astonishment would be , when ...
... juft , has thy pervading foul Look'd thro ' ? Or can a part contain the whole ? " IMAGINE only fome perfon entirely a ftranger to navigation , and ignorant of the nature of the fea or waters , how great his astonishment would be , when ...
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... juft as griev'd appears To want the ftrength of bulls , the fur of bears . Afk not merely , why man is naked , why unhoofed , why flower footed than the beafts : Afk , why he has not wings alfo for the air , fins for the water , and fo ...
... juft as griev'd appears To want the ftrength of bulls , the fur of bears . Afk not merely , why man is naked , why unhoofed , why flower footed than the beafts : Afk , why he has not wings alfo for the air , fins for the water , and fo ...
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... juft rais'd to shed his blood + . The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in the argumentative parts of the Effay , and interefting the ...
... juft rais'd to shed his blood + . The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in the argumentative parts of the Effay , and interefting the ...
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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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