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... the character of Dryden , the constant pat* The falling off of his hair , faid a man of wit , had no other confequence , than to make his laurels to be feen the A person who tranflated fome pieces after Dryden used to say , more .
... the character of Dryden , the constant pat* The falling off of his hair , faid a man of wit , had no other confequence , than to make his laurels to be feen the A person who tranflated fome pieces after Dryden used to say , more .
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The English verfification was much fmoothed by Waller ; who used to own that he derived the harmony of his numbers from Fairfax's Taffo , who wellvowelled his lines , though Sandys was a melodious verfifier , and Spenfer has perhaps ...
The English verfification was much fmoothed by Waller ; who used to own that he derived the harmony of his numbers from Fairfax's Taffo , who wellvowelled his lines , though Sandys was a melodious verfifier , and Spenfer has perhaps ...
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IN former editions it used to be printed at home ; but this expreffion feeming to exclude a future existence , as , to speak the plain truth , it was intended to do , it was altered to from home , not only with great injury to the ...
IN former editions it used to be printed at home ; but this expreffion feeming to exclude a future existence , as , to speak the plain truth , it was intended to do , it was altered to from home , not only with great injury to the ...
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24 , and also in Du Bartas , and in Shakefpear's Henry VI . hath been used twice more in the writings of our poet ; in the Temple of Fame in the four hundred and thirty - fixth line , and in the Dunciad at the four hundred and fifth .
24 , and also in Du Bartas , and in Shakefpear's Henry VI . hath been used twice more in the writings of our poet ; in the Temple of Fame in the four hundred and thirty - fixth line , and in the Dunciad at the four hundred and fifth .
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He used to speak of him as a being of a fuperior order , that had condefcended to vifit this lower world ; in particular , when the laft comet appeared and approached near the earth , he told fome of his acquaintance , it was fent only ...
He used to speak of him as a being of a fuperior order , that had condefcended to vifit this lower world ; in particular , when the laft comet appeared and approached near the earth , he told fome of his acquaintance , it was fent only ...
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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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