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Boileau did not look upon Fontaine as an original writer , and used to say he had borrowed both his ftile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . ] " Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet .
Boileau did not look upon Fontaine as an original writer , and used to say he had borrowed both his ftile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . ] " Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet .
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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 fenfe 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 fenfe will allow any man to read .
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... and debase the dignity of human nature , and thereby deftroy the most efficacious incitements to lovely and laudable actions but that a writer of Boileau's purity of manners , fhould represent his kind in the dark and difagreeable ...
... and debase the dignity of human nature , and thereby deftroy the most efficacious incitements to lovely and laudable actions but that a writer of Boileau's purity of manners , fhould represent his kind in the dark and difagreeable ...
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We may mention the Syphilis of Fracaftorius , the Silk - worms and Chefs of Vida , the Ambra of Politian , the Agriculture of Alamanni , the Art of Poetry of Boileau , the Gardens of Rapin , the Cyder of Phillips , the Chafe of ...
We may mention the Syphilis of Fracaftorius , the Silk - worms and Chefs of Vida , the Ambra of Politian , the Agriculture of Alamanni , the Art of Poetry of Boileau , the Gardens of Rapin , the Cyder of Phillips , the Chafe of ...
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To these we owe true friendship , love fincere , Each home - felt joy that life inherits here § . IT * See also to this purpose a fenfible paffage in Hutchefon's Conduct of the Paffions , pag . 183 . + Ver . 185 . Boileau , Epiftre vii ...
To these we owe true friendship , love fincere , Each home - felt joy that life inherits here § . IT * See also to this purpose a fenfible paffage in Hutchefon's Conduct of the Paffions , pag . 183 . + Ver . 185 . Boileau , Epiftre vii ...
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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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