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Page 152
These lines are usually cited as fine examples of adapting the found to the sense . But that Pope has failed in this endeavour , • Ver . 367 . has BLER . has been lately demonstrated by the RAM“ The 152 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
These lines are usually cited as fine examples of adapting the found to the sense . But that Pope has failed in this endeavour , • Ver . 367 . has BLER . has been lately demonstrated by the RAM“ The 152 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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I cannot help adopting the application Addison has made of two lines of Phædrus , to these remains of our poetess ; which is perhaps one of the most elegant , and happy applications that ever was taken from any classic ; O suavis anima ...
I cannot help adopting the application Addison has made of two lines of Phædrus , to these remains of our poetess ; which is perhaps one of the most elegant , and happy applications that ever was taken from any classic ; O suavis anima ...
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One knows not which most to applaud , the lively imagery , the pathetic , or the artful decency , with which this transaction is delicately hinted at , in these moft excellent lines : something indelicate , notwithstanding all the ...
One knows not which most to applaud , the lively imagery , the pathetic , or the artful decency , with which this transaction is delicately hinted at , in these moft excellent lines : something indelicate , notwithstanding all the ...
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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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