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To say that Amadis and Sir Tristan have a classical foundation , may at first sight appear paradoxical ; but if the subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildest chimeras in those books of chivalry with ...
To say that Amadis and Sir Tristan have a classical foundation , may at first sight appear paradoxical ; but if the subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildest chimeras in those books of chivalry with ...
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If we pass on from descriptions of persons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape ...
If we pass on from descriptions of persons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country desolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape ...
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... printed at Florence in 1573 , a privilege of Gregory XIII . who says , that in this he follows the steps of Pius V. his predecessor , of blessed memory , and which threatens with severe punishments all those , who shall dare to ...
... printed at Florence in 1573 , a privilege of Gregory XIII . who says , that in this he follows the steps of Pius V. his predecessor , of blessed memory , and which threatens with severe punishments all those , who shall dare to ...
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The rapidity , and yet the perspicuity of the thoughts , the glow and the expressiveness of the images , those certain marks of the first sketch of a master , conspire to corroborate the truth of the fact . THE TRANSLATion of the first ...
The rapidity , and yet the perspicuity of the thoughts , the glow and the expressiveness of the images , those certain marks of the first sketch of a master , conspire to corroborate the truth of the fact . THE TRANSLATion of the first ...
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The whimp'ring girl , and hoarser - screaming boy , Join to the yelping treble , fhrilling cries ; The scolding quean to louder notes doth rise , And her full pipes those shrilling cries confound ; To her full pipes the grunting hog ...
The whimp'ring girl , and hoarser - screaming boy , Join to the yelping treble , fhrilling cries ; The scolding quean to louder notes doth rise , And her full pipes those shrilling cries confound ; To her full pipes the grunting hog ...
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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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