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To say that Amadis and Sir Tristan have a classical foundation , may at first fight appear paradoxical ; but if the subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildest chimeras in those books of chivalry with ...
To say that Amadis and Sir Tristan have a classical foundation , may at first fight appear paradoxical ; but if the subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildest chimeras in those books of chivalry with ...
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liness of our heroic measure , in this ludicrous narrative ; but after all his pains , this measure is not adapted to such subjects , so well as the lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * Fontaine is , in truth ...
liness of our heroic measure , in this ludicrous narrative ; but after all his pains , this measure is not adapted to such subjects , so well as the lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * Fontaine is , in truth ...
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Pope however has omitted or softened the grofler and more offensive paffages , Chaucer afforded him many subjects of a more serious and sublime fpecies ; and it were to be wished , Pope had exercised his pencil on the pathetic story of ...
Pope however has omitted or softened the grofler and more offensive paffages , Chaucer afforded him many subjects of a more serious and sublime fpecies ; and it were to be wished , Pope had exercised his pencil on the pathetic story of ...
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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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... pieces after Dryden used to say , Experto credite , quantus In clypeum affurgat , quo turbine torqueat haftam . Crebillon was ninety when he brought his Catiline on the stage , tern of POPE , unconnected with the main subject of.
... pieces after Dryden used to say , Experto credite , quantus In clypeum affurgat , quo turbine torqueat haftam . Crebillon was ninety when he brought his Catiline on the stage , tern of POPE , unconnected with the main subject of.
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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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