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His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the criticism , but because it ...
His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the criticism , but because it ...
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Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good fenfe ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore fpeaks properly on all subjects : As he knew what to fay , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers ...
Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good fenfe ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore fpeaks properly on all subjects : As he knew what to fay , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers ...
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Hard by a fty , beneath a roof of thatch Dwelt OBLOQUY , who in her early days , Baskets of fish at Billinfgate did watch , Cod , whiting , oyfter , mackarel , fprat or plaice : There learn'd fhe fpeech from tongues that never cease .
Hard by a fty , beneath a roof of thatch Dwelt OBLOQUY , who in her early days , Baskets of fish at Billinfgate did watch , Cod , whiting , oyfter , mackarel , fprat or plaice : There learn'd fhe fpeech from tongues that never cease .
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The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The following twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not ...
The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The following twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not ...
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His fancy was brilliant , ftrong , and sprightly ; but his tafte falfe and unclaffical , even though he had much learning . In his latin compofitions , his fix books on plants , where the fubject might have led him to a contrary ...
His fancy was brilliant , ftrong , and sprightly ; but his tafte falfe and unclaffical , even though he had much learning . In his latin compofitions , his fix books on plants , where the fubject might have led him to a contrary ...
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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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