An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and delivered them in VOL . II . B the } the pureft ftile , enlivened with interesting ...
... writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and delivered them in VOL . II . B the } the pureft ftile , enlivened with interesting ...
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... writing ,. by his Belphegor . To produce , and carry on with proba- bility and decorum , a series of events , is the most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the po- pular ftories of every nation , we fhould ...
... writing ,. by his Belphegor . To produce , and carry on with proba- bility and decorum , a series of events , is the most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the po- pular ftories of every nation , we fhould ...
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... writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For this reafon , though he muft always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have ...
... writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For this reafon , though he muft always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have ...
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... HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHÆDRUS . Thefe only can be called legitimate models of just thinking and C 4 and writing . Succeeding authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23 Promifitque diem; tanta dulcedine captos ...
... HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHÆDRUS . Thefe only can be called legitimate models of just thinking and C 4 and writing . Succeeding authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23 Promifitque diem; tanta dulcedine captos ...
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