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... his incomparable fatires with it ; Malefpini also made ufe of it ; Fontaine , who imagined Rabelais to be the inventor of it , was the fixth author who delivered it , as our Prior was the laft ; and perhaps not the least spirited .
... his incomparable fatires with it ; Malefpini also made ufe of it ; Fontaine , who imagined Rabelais to be the inventor of it , was the fixth author who delivered it , as our Prior was the laft ; and perhaps not the least spirited .
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... a decree of the inquifition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caufed some al62 . terations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom . II . P. a Berlin , 1754and and I place them laft , as I think them 18 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... a decree of the inquifition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caufed some al62 . terations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom . II . P. a Berlin , 1754and and I place them laft , as I think them 18 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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and I place them laft , as I think them the most lofty of any part of Dryden's works . Whilft lift'ning to the murm'ring leaves he ftood , More than a mile immers'd within the wood , At once the wind was laid - the whifp'ring found Was ...
and I place them laft , as I think them the most lofty of any part of Dryden's works . Whilft lift'ning to the murm'ring leaves he ftood , More than a mile immers'd within the wood , At once the wind was laid - the whifp'ring found Was ...
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Grac'd as thou art with all the power of words , Known to the Courts , the Commons and the Lords , The unexpected flatnefs and familiarity of the laft line was thus ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour . Perfuafion tips his tongue ...
Grac'd as thou art with all the power of words , Known to the Courts , the Commons and the Lords , The unexpected flatnefs and familiarity of the laft line was thus ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour . Perfuafion tips his tongue ...
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Pleas'd to the laft , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand 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 ...
Pleas'd to the laft , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand 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 ...
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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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