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... his incomparable fatires with it ; Malefpini also made ufe of it ; Fontaine , who imagined Rabelais to be the inventor of it , was the fixth author who delivered it , as our Prior was the laft ; and perhaps not the least spirited .
... his incomparable fatires with it ; Malefpini also made ufe of it ; Fontaine , who imagined Rabelais to be the inventor of it , was the fixth author who delivered it , as our Prior was the laft ; and perhaps not the least spirited .
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THE WIFE OF BATH , is the other piece of Chaucer which POPE selected to imitate : One cannot but wonder at his choice , which perhaps nothing but his youth could excuse . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely scrupulous , informs us ...
THE WIFE OF BATH , is the other piece of Chaucer which POPE selected to imitate : One cannot but wonder at his choice , which perhaps nothing but his youth could excuse . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely scrupulous , informs us ...
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... but of judgment ; neither did he want that , in difcerning the beauties and faults of other poets ; but only indulged himself in the luxury of writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it .
... but of judgment ; neither did he want that , in difcerning the beauties and faults of other poets ; but only indulged himself in the luxury of writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it .
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Waller abounds , perhaps to excefs , in allufions to mythology and the ancient claffics . The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The following twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate ...
Waller abounds , perhaps to excefs , in allufions to mythology and the ancient claffics . The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The following twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate ...
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The English verfification was much fmoothed by Waller ; who used to own that he derived the harmony of his numbers from Fairfax's Taffo , who wellvowelled his lines , though Sandys was a melodious verfifier , and Spenfer has perhaps ...
The English verfification was much fmoothed by Waller ; who used to own that he derived the harmony of his numbers from Fairfax's Taffo , who wellvowelled his lines , though Sandys was a melodious verfifier , and Spenfer has perhaps ...
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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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