An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... writers of the old romances , from whom Ariofto and Spencer have borrowed fo largely , are fuppofed to have had copious . imaginations but may they not be in- debted , for their invulnerable heroes , their monsters , their enchantments ...
... writers of the old romances , from whom Ariofto and Spencer have borrowed fo largely , are fuppofed to have had copious . imaginations but may they not be in- debted , for their invulnerable heroes , their monsters , their enchantments ...
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... writer of comic tales . He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius † , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with so many natural ftrokes , with fuch quaintness in his reflections , and fuch a drynefs and archness of humour , as ...
... writer of comic tales . He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius † , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with so many natural ftrokes , with fuch quaintness in his reflections , and fuch a drynefs and archness of humour , as ...
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... writers , and fcarcely by any of the ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poets is funk in his ... writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND ...
... writers , and fcarcely by any of the ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poets is funk in his ... writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND ...
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... writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer . The jocofe old woman says , that her husband frequently read to her out of a volume that contained , Valerius whole : and of Saint Jerome part ; Chryfippus , and Tertullian , Ovid's art ...
... writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer . The jocofe old woman says , that her husband frequently read to her out of a volume that contained , Valerius whole : and of Saint Jerome part ; Chryfippus , and Tertullian , Ovid's art ...
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... writer whofe fancy was eminently ftrong . " Catilina vero , longe a fuis , inter hoftium cadavera repertus eft , paululum * Palamon and Arcite , Book I. etiam fpirans ; ferociamque animi , quam habuerat vivus , etiam AND WRITINGS OF ...
... writer whofe fancy was eminently ftrong . " Catilina vero , longe a fuis , inter hoftium cadavera repertus eft , paululum * Palamon and Arcite , Book I. etiam fpirans ; ferociamque animi , quam habuerat vivus , etiam AND WRITINGS OF ...
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