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Of JANUARY and MAY , The WIFE of BATH , and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and OVID , and the IMITATIONS of fome ENGLISH POETS . TH HE firft dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables .
Of JANUARY and MAY , The WIFE of BATH , and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and OVID , and the IMITATIONS of fome ENGLISH POETS . TH HE firft dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables .
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One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ... For this reafon , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ...
One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ... For this reafon , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ...
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... Efurit . ; In these verses are many expreffions , here marked with italics , which feem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were easily captivated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with ...
... Efurit . ; In these verses are many expreffions , here marked with italics , which feem to hint obliquely , that Statius was the favourite poet of the vulgar , who were easily captivated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with ...
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Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never produced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two 24 * ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never produced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two 24 * ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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He declares , that none of the claffic poets had the talent of expreffing himself with more force and perfpicuity than ... that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the Juffit et extendi campos , of the latin poet ...
He declares , that none of the claffic poets had the talent of expreffing himself with more force and perfpicuity than ... that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the Juffit et extendi campos , of the latin poet ...
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