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Lord Somers was paffionately fond of the Fairy Queen ; it was his favourite work ; in the last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he defired to be painted with a Spenfer in his hand . + Book iii . c . II . I Пep ur .
Lord Somers was paffionately fond of the Fairy Queen ; it was his favourite work ; in the last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he defired to be painted with a Spenfer in his hand . + Book iii . c . II . I Пep ur .
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objects as they really exist in life , like Hagarth's paintings , without heightening or enlarging them , and without adding any imaginary circumftances . In this way of writing , Swift excelled ; witness his description of a morning in ...
objects as they really exist in life , like Hagarth's paintings , without heightening or enlarging them , and without adding any imaginary circumftances . In this way of writing , Swift excelled ; witness his description of a morning in ...
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The most abstracted parts of mathematics , and the knowledge of mythological history , or antient allegories , have their own pleasures not inferior to the more gay entertainments of painting , mufic , or architecture ; and it is for ...
The most abstracted parts of mathematics , and the knowledge of mythological history , or antient allegories , have their own pleasures not inferior to the more gay entertainments of painting , mufic , or architecture ; and it is for ...
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POPE Confines himself to paint those inconfiftencies of conduct , to which a volatile fancy is thought to incline the fex . And this he exemplifies in the contrarieties that may be discovered in the characters of the AFFECTED , the SOFT ...
POPE Confines himself to paint those inconfiftencies of conduct , to which a volatile fancy is thought to incline the fex . And this he exemplifies in the contrarieties that may be discovered in the characters of the AFFECTED , the SOFT ...
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They who begin to ftudy painting , are ftruck at firft with the pieces of the moft vivid colouring ; they are almost * See what Dionyfius fays of Ifocrates , p . 99 , v . 2 . Edit , Sylb . There are no antithefes in Demofthenes .
They who begin to ftudy painting , are ftruck at firft with the pieces of the moft vivid colouring ; they are almost * See what Dionyfius fays of Ifocrates , p . 99 , v . 2 . Edit , Sylb . There are no antithefes in Demofthenes .
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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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