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For this reafon , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in + : in fo many fucceffive years ...
For this reafon , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in + : in fo many fucceffive years ...
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The rapidity , and yet the perfpicuity of the thoughts , the glow and the expreffiveness of the images , those certain marks of the first sketch of a mafter , confpire to corroborate the truth of the fact . THE TRANSLATION of the first ...
The rapidity , and yet the perfpicuity of the thoughts , the glow and the expreffiveness of the images , those certain marks of the first sketch of a mafter , confpire to corroborate the truth of the fact . THE TRANSLATION of the first ...
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But it is remarkable that Quintilian thought very differently on this fubject of the tranfitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to confider his opinion . " Illa vero frigida et puerilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe ...
But it is remarkable that Quintilian thought very differently on this fubject of the tranfitions , and the admirers of Ovid would do well to confider his opinion . " Illa vero frigida et puerilis eft in fcholis affectatio , ut ipfe ...
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These images , one would have thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with fo much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travefty of them . * Book II . Canto 12.
These images , one would have thought , were peculiarly calculated to have struck the fancy of our young imitator with fo much admiration , as not to have fuffered him to make a kind of travefty of them . * Book II . Canto 12.
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Chloris , yourself you fo excell , When you That like a spirit with this fpell Of my own teaching I am caught . vouchsafe to breathe my thought , * Speaking of his imitations , POPE faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a defign of giving a ...
Chloris , yourself you fo excell , When you That like a spirit with this fpell Of my own teaching I am caught . vouchsafe to breathe my thought , * Speaking of his imitations , POPE faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a defign of giving a ...
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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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