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It is to his fables , though wrote in his old age , that Dryden will owe his immortality , and among them , particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigifmunda and Guifcardo , Theodore and Honoria ; and above all , to his exquifite mufic ...
It is to his fables , though wrote in his old age , that Dryden will owe his immortality , and among them , particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigifmunda and Guifcardo , Theodore and Honoria ; and above all , to his exquifite mufic ...
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... poet of the vulgar , who were easily captivated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence of numbers the noisy roughness of which , may be particularly alluded to in the expreffion , fregit fubfellia verfu .
... poet of the vulgar , who were easily captivated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence of numbers the noisy roughness of which , may be particularly alluded to in the expreffion , fregit fubfellia verfu .
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And afterwards , when he becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his refentment is more temperate . See verfe 433 down to verfe 472 , of the fame most enchanting tragedy . . chufe * dipus ...
And afterwards , when he becomes more particularly acquainted with the unnatural cruelty of his fons , yet his refentment is more temperate . See verfe 433 down to verfe 472 , of the fame most enchanting tragedy . . chufe * dipus ...
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This doctrine was inculcated by Plato and the Stoics , but more amply and particularly by the later Platonifts , and by Antoninus and Simplicius . In illuftrating his fubject , POPE has been much more deeply indebted to the Theodiceé of ...
This doctrine was inculcated by Plato and the Stoics , but more amply and particularly by the later Platonifts , and by Antoninus and Simplicius . In illuftrating his fubject , POPE has been much more deeply indebted to the Theodiceé of ...
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The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in the argumentative parts of the Effay , and interefting the reader . 6.
The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an artful effect in alleviating the dryness in the argumentative parts of the Effay , and interefting the reader . 6.
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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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