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He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius + , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with fo many natural strokes , with fuch quaintness in his reflections , and fuch a drynefs and archness of humour , as cannot fail to excite ...
He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius + , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with fo many natural strokes , with fuch quaintness in his reflections , and fuch a drynefs and archness of humour , as cannot fail to excite ...
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The temple itself is nobly and magnificently ftudied ; and , at the fame time , adapted to the furious nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tremendous idea . * These paffages are chiefly of the ...
The temple itself is nobly and magnificently ftudied ; and , at the fame time , adapted to the furious nature of the God to whom it belonged ; and carries with it a barbarous and tremendous idea . * These paffages are chiefly of the ...
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All nature is thus faid to fympathize at the fecond appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with his naked sword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runsThe fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves ...
All nature is thus faid to fympathize at the fecond appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with his naked sword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runsThe fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves ...
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... by their fwelling epithets , by their want of a juft decorum , have a strong tendency to dazzle , and to mislead inexperienced minds , and taftes unformed , from the true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature .
... by their fwelling epithets , by their want of a juft decorum , have a strong tendency to dazzle , and to mislead inexperienced minds , and taftes unformed , from the true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature .
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To imitate Spenfer on a fubject that does not partake of the pathos , is not giving a true reprefentation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the foftneffes of nature , than almoft any writer I can recollect .
To imitate Spenfer on a fubject that does not partake of the pathos , is not giving a true reprefentation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the foftneffes of nature , than almoft any writer I can recollect .
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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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