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It may be remarked laftly of Waller , that there is no paffion in his love verfes , and that one elegy of Tibullus , fo well imitated by Hammond , excels a volume of the moft refined panegyric . THE next imitation is of COWLEY , in two ...
It may be remarked laftly of Waller , that there is no paffion in his love verfes , and that one elegy of Tibullus , fo well imitated by Hammond , excels a volume of the moft refined panegyric . THE next imitation is of COWLEY , in two ...
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Vice is the act of man , by paffion tost , And in the fhoreless fea of folly loft ; But thou , what vice diforders , canft compose , And profit by the malice of thy foes ; So blending good with evil , fair with foul , As thence to model ...
Vice is the act of man , by paffion tost , And in the fhoreless fea of folly loft ; But thou , what vice diforders , canft compose , And profit by the malice of thy foes ; So blending good with evil , fair with foul , As thence to model ...
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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 knowledge which ...
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 knowledge which ...
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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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... as if they ftrenuously inculcated a total infenfibility with refpect to paffion , He that would be convinced that this trite . accufation is ill - grounded , may confult the notes Mr. Harris has added to his third treatise * .
... as if they ftrenuously inculcated a total infenfibility with refpect to paffion , He that would be convinced that this trite . accufation is ill - grounded , may confult the notes Mr. Harris has added to his third treatise * .
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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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