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The warmth and melody of these pieces , has never been excelled in our language , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ...
The warmth and melody of these pieces , has never been excelled in our language , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ...
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... of the Earl of Dorfet , an elegant writer , and amiable man , equally noted for the feverity of his fatire , and the sweetness of his manners , and who gave the fairest proof that these two qualities are by no means incompatible .
... of the Earl of Dorfet , an elegant writer , and amiable man , equally noted for the feverity of his fatire , and the sweetness of his manners , and who gave the fairest proof that these two qualities are by no means incompatible .
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... operarii autem aut bajuli deeffe non poffint . " 66 * Hutchefon's Nature and Conduct of the Paffions , pag . 174 . 24. Paffions , 24. Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means I 84 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS is not indeed any part of ...
... operarii autem aut bajuli deeffe non poffint . " 66 * Hutchefon's Nature and Conduct of the Paffions , pag . 174 . 24. Paffions , 24. Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means I 84 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS is not indeed any part of ...
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Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means be fair , Lift under reason and deserve her care ; Thofe , that imparted , court a nobler aim , Exalt their kind , and take fome virtue's name * . WE find an obfcurity in these lines , arifing ...
Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means be fair , Lift under reason and deserve her care ; Thofe , that imparted , court a nobler aim , Exalt their kind , and take fome virtue's name * . WE find an obfcurity in these lines , arifing ...
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... of its being acted , the author was forced to add to it one of his coarfeft farces ; but Boileau in the mean time affirmed that it was the capital work of their stage , and that the people would one time be induced to think fo . 3.
... of its being acted , the author was forced to add to it one of his coarfeft farces ; but Boileau in the mean time affirmed that it was the capital work of their stage , and that the people would one time be induced to think fo . 3.
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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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