An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... ENGLISH POETS . T HE first dawnings of polite lite- rature in Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country ...
... ENGLISH POETS . T HE first dawnings of polite lite- rature in Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country ...
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... English Poets , fome of which were done at fourteen or fifteen years old . His early bent to poetry has been already taken notice of in the first volume * , to which the following anec- dote must be added , which I lately received from ...
... English Poets , fome of which were done at fourteen or fifteen years old . His early bent to poetry has been already taken notice of in the first volume * , to which the following anec- dote must be added , which I lately received from ...
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... English poet was employed in drawing the affectations , and conceits , and fopperies of chivalry , which appear ridi- culous as foon as they lofe the recommendation of the mode . " But they had not ceafed to be the mode in Spenfer's ...
... English poet was employed in drawing the affectations , and conceits , and fopperies of chivalry , which appear ridi- culous as foon as they lofe the recommendation of the mode . " But they had not ceafed to be the mode in Spenfer's ...
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... English verfification was much fmoothed by Waller ; who used to own that he derived the harmony of his num- bers from Fairfax's Taffo , who well- vowelled his lines , though Sandys was a melodious verfifier , and Spenfer has per- haps ...
... English verfification was much fmoothed by Waller ; who used to own that he derived the harmony of his num- bers from Fairfax's Taffo , who well- vowelled his lines , though Sandys was a melodious verfifier , and Spenfer has per- haps ...
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... English Conftitution , Book 19 , fpeaks thus of our writers . fociety and the mixing in company , gives to men a quicker sense of ridicule , fo re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinoufnefs of vice ; the fatirical writ ...
... English Conftitution , Book 19 , fpeaks thus of our writers . fociety and the mixing in company , gives to men a quicker sense of ridicule , fo re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinoufnefs of vice ; the fatirical writ ...
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