An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildeft chimeras in thofe books of chivalry with which Don Quixote's library was furnished , would be found to have a clofe connexion with ancient mythology . WE of ...
... subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildeft chimeras in thofe books of chivalry with which Don Quixote's library was furnished , would be found to have a clofe connexion with ancient mythology . WE of ...
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... subject ; but only relate the occasion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke ... subject subject which occurred to me , that I could not 20 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... subject ; but only relate the occasion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke ... subject subject which occurred to me , that I could not 20 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Joseph Warton. subject which occurred to me , that I could not leave it till I had completed it ; here it is , finished at one fitting . " And imme- diately he fhewed him this ode , which places the British lyric poetry above that of any ...
Joseph Warton. subject which occurred to me , that I could not leave it till I had completed it ; here it is , finished at one fitting . " And imme- diately he fhewed him this ode , which places the British lyric poetry above that of any ...
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... subject that does not partake of the pathos , is not giving a true representation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the foftneffes of nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an affemblage of ...
... subject that does not partake of the pathos , is not giving a true representation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the foftneffes of nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an affemblage of ...
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... subject might have led him to a contrary practice , he imitates Martial rather than Virgil , and has given us more Epi- grams than Defcriptions . I do not re- member member to have feen it enough obferved , that Cowley 5 42 ESSAY ON THE ...
... subject might have led him to a contrary practice , he imitates Martial rather than Virgil , and has given us more Epi- grams than Defcriptions . I do not re- member member to have feen it enough obferved , that Cowley 5 42 ESSAY ON THE ...
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