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This anecdote , as true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to POPE , by POPE to Mr. Gilbert Weft , by him to the ingenious friend who communicated it to me * . The rapidity , and yet the perfpicuity of the thoughts ...
This anecdote , as true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to POPE , by POPE to Mr. Gilbert Weft , by him to the ingenious friend who communicated it to me * . The rapidity , and yet the perfpicuity of the thoughts ...
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... by their fwelling epithets , by their want of a juft decorum , have a strong tendency to dazzle , and to mislead inexperienced minds , and taftes unformed , from the true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature .
... by their fwelling epithets , by their want of a juft decorum , have a strong tendency to dazzle , and to mislead inexperienced minds , and taftes unformed , from the true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature .
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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 fortyfeven 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 fortyfeven years ; and if I might venture to ...
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To imitate Spenfer on a fubject that does not partake of the pathos , is not giving a true reprefentation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the foftneffes of nature , than almoft any writer I can recollect .
To imitate Spenfer on a fubject that does not partake of the pathos , is not giving a true reprefentation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the foftneffes of nature , than almoft any writer I can recollect .
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... ufually afcribed to the change of manners ; but manners have more changed fince Homer's age , and yet that poet remains still the favourite of every reader of tafte and judgment . Homer copied true natural manners , which , however ...
... ufually afcribed to the change of manners ; but manners have more changed fince Homer's age , and yet that poet remains still the favourite of every reader of tafte and judgment . Homer copied true natural manners , which , however ...
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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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