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In this preface is a passage worth particular notice , not only for the justness of the criticism , but because it contains a censure generous , of * Cowley is said to have despised Chaucer . I am not surprized at this strange judgment ...
In this preface is a passage worth particular notice , not only for the justness of the criticism , but because it contains a censure generous , of * Cowley is said to have despised Chaucer . I am not surprized at this strange judgment ...
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One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ; but swept , like a drag - net , great and small . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ...
One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ; but swept , like a drag - net , great and small . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ...
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By that strange fatality which seems to disqualify authors from judging of their own works , he does not appear to have valued this piece , because he totally omits it in the enumeration and criticism he has given , of the rest , in his ...
By that strange fatality which seems to disqualify authors from judging of their own works , he does not appear to have valued this piece , because he totally omits it in the enumeration and criticism he has given , of the rest , in his ...
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The geniuses , apparently most original , borrow from each other * I SHALL conclude this fection with a ftory , which Pope himself related , because it is characteristical of his old friend , and I fhall give it in the very words which ...
The geniuses , apparently most original , borrow from each other * I SHALL conclude this fection with a ftory , which Pope himself related , because it is characteristical of his old friend , and I fhall give it in the very words which ...
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-Because we would rather fee you than any of them . Ay , any one that did not know you so well as I do , might possibly believe you ; but since you are come I must get some supper for you I suppofe .-- No , Doctor , we have supped ...
-Because we would rather fee you than any of them . Ay , any one that did not know you so well as I do , might possibly believe you ; but since you are come I must get some supper for you I suppofe .-- No , Doctor , we have supped ...
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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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