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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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From the accidental circumstance of Dryden and POPE's having copied the gay and ludicrous parts of Chaucer , the common notion feems to have arifen , that B 4 Chaucer's 1 " 1 " Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned to the light ...
From the accidental circumstance of Dryden and POPE's having copied the gay and ludicrous parts of Chaucer , the common notion feems to have arifen , that B 4 Chaucer's 1 " 1 " Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned to the light ...
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Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned to the light and the ridiculous * . But they who look into Chaucer , will foon be convinced of this prevailing prejudice , and will find his comic vein , like that of Shakespear , to be only ...
Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned to the light and the ridiculous * . But they who look into Chaucer , will foon be convinced of this prevailing prejudice , and will find his comic vein , like that of Shakespear , to be only ...
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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 ; but fwept , like a drag - net , great and fmall . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ...
One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ; but fwept , like a drag - net , great and fmall . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ...
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... the fame person to fucceed in defcribing externally a distressful character , who may miferably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a character . In a word , fo much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry !
... the fame person to fucceed in defcribing externally a distressful character , who may miferably fail in putting proper words in the mouth of fuch a character . In a word , fo much more difficult is DRAMATIC than DESCRIPTIVE poetry !
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