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CHAUCER is highly extolled by Dryden , in the fpirited and pleafing preface to his Fables ; for his prefaces , after all , are very pleafing , notwithstanding the oppofite opinions they contain , because his profe is the most numerous ...
CHAUCER is highly extolled by Dryden , in the fpirited and pleafing preface to his Fables ; for his prefaces , after all , are very pleafing , notwithstanding the oppofite opinions they contain , because his profe is the most numerous ...
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... with a preface written in a flowing and lively ftyle , but full of ftrange opinions . ... that Quintilian thought very differently on this fubject of the tranfitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to confider his opinion .
... with a preface written in a flowing and lively ftyle , but full of ftrange opinions . ... that Quintilian thought very differently on this fubject of the tranfitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to confider his opinion .
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Mr. Hume is of opinion , that the perufal of Spenfer becomes tedious to almoft all his readers . " This effect , fays he , [ Hiftory of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is ufually afcribed to the change of ...
Mr. Hume is of opinion , that the perufal of Spenfer becomes tedious to almoft all his readers . " This effect , fays he , [ Hiftory of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is ufually afcribed to the change of ...
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How this opinion is any way reconcileable with the orthodox doctrine of the lapfed condition of man , the chief foundation of the chriftian revelation , it is diffi cult to fay . 11. Why has not man a microscopic eye ?
How this opinion is any way reconcileable with the orthodox doctrine of the lapfed condition of man , the chief foundation of the chriftian revelation , it is diffi cult to fay . 11. Why has not man a microscopic eye ?
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... και όμοιαν εξ ανομοιων , αποτελει ❤ * The learned have been divided in their opinions concerning this piece . ... and our own truly learned Bishop Berkley , unanimoufly give it to Ariftotle , This opinion is confirmed by a fenfible ...
... και όμοιαν εξ ανομοιων , αποτελει ❤ * The learned have been divided in their opinions concerning this piece . ... and our own truly learned Bishop Berkley , unanimoufly give it to Ariftotle , This opinion is confirmed by a fenfible ...
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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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