An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... pieces of afcetic devotion , compofed by him , are preferved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel , that he teaches what men ufually do , not what they ought to do . I been been ever invented . Facts and ...
... pieces of afcetic devotion , compofed by him , are preferved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel , that he teaches what men ufually do , not what they ought to do . I been been ever invented . Facts and ...
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... piece of Chaucer which POPE selected to imitate : One cannot but wonder at his choice , which perhaps nothing but his youth could excufe . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely fcrupulous , informs us that he would not verfify it on ...
... piece of Chaucer which POPE selected to imitate : One cannot but wonder at his choice , which perhaps nothing but his youth could excufe . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely fcrupulous , informs us that he would not verfify it on ...
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... piece before us , are fpirited and eafy , and have , properly enough , a free colloquial air . One paffage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer . The jocofe old woman ...
... piece before us , are fpirited and eafy , and have , properly enough , a free colloquial air . One paffage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer . The jocofe old woman ...
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... pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticifm is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must not ...
... pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticifm is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must not ...
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... she appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majefty of grief destroys ; VOL . II . C For For bending o'er the cup , the tears she shed AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 17.
... she appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majefty of grief destroys ; VOL . II . C For For bending o'er the cup , the tears she shed AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 17.
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