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... on * Whence it came to pafs that Spenfer did not give his poem the due fimplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti mate Epopea , the reader may find in Mr. Hurd's entertaining letter to Mr. Mafon , on the Marks of imitation , pag .
... on * Whence it came to pafs that Spenfer did not give his poem the due fimplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti mate Epopea , the reader may find in Mr. Hurd's entertaining letter to Mr. Mafon , on the Marks of imitation , pag .
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The idea of the Perfian Letters is taken from the Turkish Spy . Boiardo has imitated Pulci , Ariofto has imitated Boiardo . The geniuses , apparently moft original , borrow from each other * . I SHALL conclude this fection with a ftory ...
The idea of the Perfian Letters is taken from the Turkish Spy . Boiardo has imitated Pulci , Ariofto has imitated Boiardo . The geniuses , apparently moft original , borrow from each other * . I SHALL conclude this fection with a ftory ...
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Even Swift feems to have been deceived : There is a remarkable paffage in " I confefs I did never one of his letters . imagine you were so deep in morals , or that fo many new and excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and ...
Even Swift feems to have been deceived : There is a remarkable paffage in " I confefs I did never one of his letters . imagine you were so deep in morals , or that fo many new and excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and ...
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THE author of the letter on the Marks of imitation , is induced to think , from the fingularity of this fentiment , that the great poet had his eye on Plato ; ότι ανθρωπων ὁ σοφωτατος προς θεον πιθηκος φανεῖται .
THE author of the letter on the Marks of imitation , is induced to think , from the fingularity of this fentiment , that the great poet had his eye on Plato ; ότι ανθρωπων ὁ σοφωτατος προς θεον πιθηκος φανεῖται .
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This also farther appears from fome curious letters that paffed in the year one thoufand feven hundred and forty - two , between Ramfay ... This produced a letter from POPE to Racine , which concludes with these remarkable words .
This also farther appears from fome curious letters that paffed in the year one thoufand feven hundred and forty - two , between Ramfay ... This produced a letter from POPE to Racine , which concludes with these remarkable words .
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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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