An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * . Fontaine is , in truth , the capital and unrivalled writer of comic tales . He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius + , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with fo many ...
... lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * . Fontaine is , in truth , the capital and unrivalled writer of comic tales . He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius + , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with fo many ...
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... lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have , properly enough , a free colloquial air . One paffage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer ...
... lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have , properly enough , a free colloquial air . One paffage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer ...
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... lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit cum Statius urbem , * Writers of this ftamp are always on the ftretch . They difdain the natural . They are ...
... lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit cum Statius urbem , * Writers of this ftamp are always on the ftretch . They difdain the natural . They are ...
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... lines ; By that way's fide there fate infernal Pain , And faft befide him fat tumultuous Strife The one , in hand an iron whip did ftrain , The other brandished a bloody knife , And both did gnash their teeth , and both did threaten ...
... lines ; By that way's fide there fate infernal Pain , And faft befide him fat tumultuous Strife The one , in hand an iron whip did ftrain , The other brandished a bloody knife , And both did gnash their teeth , and both did threaten ...
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... lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addreffed , on her finging a fong of his compofing .. Chloris , yourself ...
... lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addreffed , on her finging a fong of his compofing .. Chloris , yourself ...
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