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Boileau did not look upon Fontaine as an original writer , and afed to fay he had borrowed both his ftile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . " Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet .
Boileau did not look upon Fontaine as an original writer , and afed to fay he had borrowed both his ftile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . " Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet .
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POPE has omitted a ftroke of humour ; for in the original , fhe naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome : the lines muft be transcribed . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough ΤΟ ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
POPE has omitted a ftroke of humour ; for in the original , fhe naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome : the lines muft be transcribed . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough ΤΟ ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Succeeding authors , as it happens in all countries , refolving to be original and new , and to avoid the imputation of copying , became diftorted and unnatural : by endeavouring to open an unbeaten path , they deferted fimplicity and ...
Succeeding authors , as it happens in all countries , refolving to be original and new , and to avoid the imputation of copying , became diftorted and unnatural : by endeavouring to open an unbeaten path , they deferted fimplicity and ...
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THE firft of these Imitations is of Chaucer ; as it paints neither characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the ...
THE firft of these Imitations is of Chaucer ; as it paints neither characters nor manners like his original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loose and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the ...
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4 THE next flanza of POPE reprefents fome allegorical figures , of which his original was fo fond . Hard by a fty , beneath a roof of thatch Dwelt OBLOQUY , who in her early days , Baskets of fish at Billinfgate did watch ...
4 THE next flanza of POPE reprefents fome allegorical figures , of which his original was fo fond . Hard by a fty , beneath a roof of thatch Dwelt OBLOQUY , who in her early days , Baskets of fish at Billinfgate did watch ...
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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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