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ESS A Y

ΟΝ THE

GENIUS

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WRITINGS

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POPE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY, IN PALL-MALL.
M.DCC.LXXXII.

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Of JANUARY and MAY, The WIFE of BATH, and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and OVID, and the IMITATIONS of fome ENGLISH POETS.

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HE first dawnings of polite lite

rature in Italy, appeared in talewriting and fables. Boccace gave a currency and vogue to this fpecies of compofition. He collected many of the common tales of his country, and delivered them in VOL. II.

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