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Page 22
It can hardly , I think , be doubted , but that Juvenal intended a fevere fatire on him , in thefe well known lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit ...
It can hardly , I think , be doubted , but that Juvenal intended a fevere fatire on him , in thefe well known lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit ...
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Thou , fury , then , fome lafting curfe entail , Which o'er their children's children fhall prevail ; Place on their heads that crown diftain'd with gore , Which thefe dire hands from my flain father tore . OVID is also another writer ...
Thou , fury , then , fome lafting curfe entail , Which o'er their children's children fhall prevail ; Place on their heads that crown diftain'd with gore , Which thefe dire hands from my flain father tore . OVID is also another writer ...
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The very turn of thefe numbers , bears the clofeft refemblance with the following , which are of themfelves a complete concert of the most delicious mufic . The joyous birds fhrouded in chearful fhade , Their notes unto the voice ...
The very turn of thefe numbers , bears the clofeft refemblance with the following , which are of themfelves a complete concert of the most delicious mufic . The joyous birds fhrouded in chearful fhade , Their notes unto the voice ...
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... Thefe fcoundrels think we are seeking the Lord , and we are only looking for our bottle - fcrew . " judicious judicious M. de Montefquieu , who in his noble chapter 50 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... Thefe fcoundrels think we are seeking the Lord , and we are only looking for our bottle - fcrew . " judicious judicious M. de Montefquieu , who in his noble chapter 50 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 73
... and adding force to what is principal in every thing . And is not thought and reafon principal in man ? Would we have no referve for thefe ? No faving for this part of his engine † ? " } Ver . 229 . The Moralifts , vol . ii . pag .
... and adding force to what is principal in every thing . And is not thought and reafon principal in man ? Would we have no referve for thefe ? No faving for this part of his engine † ? " } Ver . 229 . The Moralifts , vol . ii . pag .
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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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