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“ Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects : As he knew what to say , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers ...
“ Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore speaks properly on all subjects : As he knew what to say , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers ...
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... in which the story proceeds as it were by snatches , and with continual interruptions ? How was the good sense of those writers , fo conversant besides in the best models of antiquity , seduced into this preposterous method ...
... in which the story proceeds as it were by snatches , and with continual interruptions ? How was the good sense of those writers , fo conversant besides in the best models of antiquity , seduced into this preposterous method ...
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thing ; which piece , together with his Satire on Man from the fourth of Boileau , and the tenth Satire of Horace , are the only pieces of this profligate nobleman , which modesty or common sense will allow any man to read .
thing ; which piece , together with his Satire on Man from the fourth of Boileau , and the tenth Satire of Horace , are the only pieces of this profligate nobleman , which modesty or common sense will allow any man to read .
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As fociety and the mixing in company , gives to men a quicker sense of ridicule , fo retirement more disposes men to reflect on the heinousness of vice ; the satirical writings therefore of such a nation are sharp and severe , and we ...
As fociety and the mixing in company , gives to men a quicker sense of ridicule , fo retirement more disposes men to reflect on the heinousness of vice ; the satirical writings therefore of such a nation are sharp and severe , and we ...
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It is hardly to be imagined how much sense , how much thinking , how much observation on human life , is condensed together in a small compass . He was so accustomed to confine his thoughts in rhyme , that he tells us , he could express ...
It is hardly to be imagined how much sense , how much thinking , how much observation on human life , is condensed together in a small compass . He was so accustomed to confine his thoughts in rhyme , that he tells us , he could express ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 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 |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Dodsley, 1782 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Aug 2010 |
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