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... law - giver is not more fublime than the Juffit et extendi campos , of the latin poet ; that he excels in the propriety of his fimiles and epithets , the perfpicuity of his allegories , and the inftructive excellence of his morals .
... law - giver is not more fublime than the Juffit et extendi campos , of the latin poet ; that he excels in the propriety of his fimiles and epithets , the perfpicuity of his allegories , and the inftructive excellence of his morals .
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THE next imitation is of COWLEY , in two pieces , on a garden , and on weeping , in which POPE has properly enough , in conformity to his original , extorted fome . moral , or darted forth fome witticism on every object he mentions : It ...
THE next imitation is of COWLEY , in two pieces , on a garden , and on weeping , in which POPE has properly enough , in conformity to his original , extorted fome . moral , or darted forth fome witticism on every object he mentions : It ...
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... affifted in writing the Anti - Achitophel by Clifford , and others the best wits of that time , who combined against Dryden , + Another line likewife of POPE exactly characterises him . The penfive Cowley's moral lay.Vol . VI . p .
... affifted in writing the Anti - Achitophel by Clifford , and others the best wits of that time , who combined against Dryden , + Another line likewife of POPE exactly characterises him . The penfive Cowley's moral lay.Vol . VI . p .
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Who now reads Cowley ? if he pleases yet , His moral pleases , not his pointed wit ; Forgot his epic , nay Pindaric art , But ftill I love the language of his heart . His profe works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities ...
Who now reads Cowley ? if he pleases yet , His moral pleases , not his pointed wit ; Forgot his epic , nay Pindaric art , But ftill I love the language of his heart . His profe works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities ...
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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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| 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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