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I am not surprized at this strange judgment Cowley was indifputably a Genius , but his taste was perverted and narrowed by a love of witticisms . of of Cowley . “ Chaucer is a perpetual foun : 2 8 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS Chaucer's vein of ...
I am not surprized at this strange judgment Cowley was indifputably a Genius , but his taste was perverted and narrowed by a love of witticisms . of of Cowley . “ Chaucer is a perpetual foun : 2 8 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS Chaucer's vein of ...
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One cannot forbear reflecting on the short duration of a true taste in poetry , among the Romans . From the time of Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and fortyseven years ; and if I might venture to ...
One cannot forbear reflecting on the short duration of a true taste in poetry , among the Romans . From the time of Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and fortyseven years ; and if I might venture to ...
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Ovid is also another writer of a bad taste , on whom Pope employed some of his youthful hours ; in translating the stories of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological knowledge they contain , the works of Ovid ought ...
Ovid is also another writer of a bad taste , on whom Pope employed some of his youthful hours ; in translating the stories of Dryope and Pomona . Were it not for the useful mythological knowledge they contain , the works of Ovid ought ...
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... tender and pathetic feeling , a most melodious flow of versification , and a certain pleasing melancholy in his sentiments , the constant companion of an elegant taste , that casts a delicacy and grace over all his compositions .
... tender and pathetic feeling , a most melodious flow of versification , and a certain pleasing melancholy in his sentiments , the constant companion of an elegant taste , that casts a delicacy and grace over all his compositions .
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of which every one is conscious , is usually ascribed to the change of manners ; but manners have more changed since Homer's age , and yet that poet remains still the favourite of every reader of taste and judgment .
of which every one is conscious , is usually ascribed to the change of manners ; but manners have more changed since Homer's age , and yet that poet remains still the favourite of every reader of taste and judgment .
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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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