An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... French numbers of Fontaine * . Fontaine is , in truth , the capital and unrivalled writer of comic tales . He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius † , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with fo many natural ftrokes , with fuch ...
... French numbers of Fontaine * . Fontaine is , in truth , the capital and unrivalled writer of comic tales . He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius † , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with fo many natural ftrokes , with fuch ...
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... French tranflations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God . He placed these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the foundation of the prefent magnificent ...
... French tranflations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God . He placed these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the foundation of the prefent magnificent ...
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... the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ; which appears ftrange . This from Mr. Spence . subject subject which occurred to me , that I could not 20 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ; which appears ftrange . This from Mr. Spence . subject subject which occurred to me , that I could not 20 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The fol- lowing twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious ...
... French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The fol- lowing twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious ...
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... French writers has produced any thing at once fo gallant and fo lofty ? The 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 ...
... French writers has produced any thing at once fo gallant and fo lofty ? The 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 ...
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