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tales of his country , and delivered them in the purest stile , enlivened with
interesting circumstances . Sacchetti published tales before him , in which are
many anecdotes of Dante and his contemporaries . Boccace was faintly imitated
by ...
tales of his country , and delivered them in the purest stile , enlivened with
interesting circumstances . Sacchetti published tales before him , in which are
many anecdotes of Dante and his contemporaries . Boccace was faintly imitated
by ...
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circumstances have been ever invented . Facts and events have been , indeed ,
varied and modified , but totally new facts have not been created . The writers of
the old romances , from whom Ariosto and Spenser have borrowed so largely ...
circumstances have been ever invented . Facts and events have been , indeed ,
varied and modified , but totally new facts have not been created . The writers of
the old romances , from whom Ariosto and Spenser have borrowed so largely ...
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From the accidental circumstance of Dryden and Pope's having copied the gay
and ludicrous parts of Chaucer , the common notion seems to have arisen , that
Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned to the light and the ridiculous .
From the accidental circumstance of Dryden and Pope's having copied the gay
and ludicrous parts of Chaucer , the common notion seems to have arisen , that
Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned to the light and the ridiculous .
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It is a circumstance of literary history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more
than 60 years old when he wrote Palamon and Arcite , as we know Dryden was
70 when he versified it . The lines of Pope , in the piece before us , are spirited
and ...
It is a circumstance of literary history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more
than 60 years old when he wrote Palamon and Arcite , as we know Dryden was
70 when he versified it . The lines of Pope , in the piece before us , are spirited
and ...
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Above all , he commends him for his unforced transitions , and for the ease with
which he slides into some new circumstance , without any violation of the unity of
the story . “ The texture ( says he ) is so artful , that it may be compared to the ...
Above all , he commends him for his unforced transitions , and for the ease with
which he slides into some new circumstance , without any violation of the unity of
the story . “ The texture ( says he ) is so artful , that it may be compared to the ...
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Page 236 - Peace to all such ! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles, and fair Fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 77 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 111 - Touch their immortal harps of golden wires, With those just spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly ; That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did, till disproportion'd sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway'J In perfect diapason, whilst they stood In first obedience, and their state of good.
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Page 59 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 205 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 287 - There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 94 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flowery lawn: Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... Volume 2 of 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 Library of English literature |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
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