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... stand , Retouch your figures with his ripening hand ; Mellow your colours , and imbrown the tint , Add ev'ry grace , which Time alone can grant ; To future ages fhall your fame convey , And give more beauties than he takes away † . IF ...
... stand , Retouch your figures with his ripening hand ; Mellow your colours , and imbrown the tint , Add ev'ry grace , which Time alone can grant ; To future ages fhall your fame convey , And give more beauties than he takes away † . IF ...
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... stand in competition with Chaucer , except William de Loris ? In carefully examining the cu- rious work of the prefident Fauchet , on the characters of the ancient French poets , I can find none of this age , but barren chroniclers ...
... stand in competition with Chaucer , except William de Loris ? In carefully examining the cu- rious work of the prefident Fauchet , on the characters of the ancient French poets , I can find none of this age , but barren chroniclers ...
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... stand in need of being en- livened with lighter images , and sportive thoughts ; and where strictures on common life , may more gracefully be inferted . But in the higher kinds of poefy they appear as unnatural and out of place , as one ...
... stand in need of being en- livened with lighter images , and sportive thoughts ; and where strictures on common life , may more gracefully be inferted . But in the higher kinds of poefy they appear as unnatural and out of place , as one ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 1 An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4, reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg, 1969 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 13 Feb 2014 |
| ISBN | 0576021202, 9780576021203 |
| Length | 838 pages |
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