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THE ftory of JANUARY and MAY now before us , is of the comic kind , and the character of a fond old dotard betrayed into difgrace by an unfuitable match , is fupported in a lively manner . POPE has endeavoured , fuitably to familiarize ...
THE ftory of JANUARY and MAY now before us , is of the comic kind , and the character of a fond old dotard betrayed into difgrace by an unfuitable match , is fupported in a lively manner . POPE has endeavoured , fuitably to familiarize ...
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combat , which is told at length , in the middle of the third book , is marvellously fpirited ; and fo lively , as to make us spectators of that interesting and magnificent tournament . Even the absurdity of feigning ancient heroes ...
combat , which is told at length , in the middle of the third book , is marvellously fpirited ; and fo lively , as to make us spectators of that interesting and magnificent tournament . Even the absurdity of feigning ancient heroes ...
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Their united performances were published in form by Garth , with a preface written in a flowing and lively ftyle , but full of ftrange opinions . He declares , that none of the claffic poets had the talent of expreffing himself with ...
Their united performances were published in form by Garth , with a preface written in a flowing and lively ftyle , but full of ftrange opinions . He declares , that none of the claffic poets had the talent of expreffing himself with ...
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THE DESCRIPTION of the LIFE of a Country Parfon is a lively imitation of Swift * , and is full of humour . The point of the likeness confifts in defcribing the objects * See a Pipe of Tobacco , p . 282 , vol . 2.
THE DESCRIPTION of the LIFE of a Country Parfon is a lively imitation of Swift * , and is full of humour . The point of the likeness confifts in defcribing the objects * See a Pipe of Tobacco , p . 282 , vol . 2.
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Perhaps we have no image in the language , more lively than that of the last verse . " To live along the line " is equally bold and beautiful . In this part of this Epiftle the poet seems to have remarkably laboured his ftyle , which ...
Perhaps we have no image in the language , more lively than that of the last verse . " To live along the line " is equally bold and beautiful . In this part of this Epiftle the poet seems to have remarkably laboured his ftyle , which ...
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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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