An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... whole barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but these have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B 2 Fairies Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
... whole barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but these have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B 2 Fairies Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
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... called the HUNDRED NOVELS * ; Ariofto finishes the fifth of his incompa- rable fatires with it ; Malespini also made use of it ; Fontaine , who imagined Rabelais to be the inventor of it , was the fixth au- thor who delivered it , as ...
... called the HUNDRED NOVELS * ; Ariofto finishes the fifth of his incompa- rable fatires with it ; Malespini also made use of it ; Fontaine , who imagined Rabelais to be the inventor of it , was the fixth au- thor who delivered it , as ...
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... called the tower of the library . This was the foundation of the prefent magnificent royal library at Paris . THE tale to which this is the Prologue , has been verfified by Dryden ; and is fup- • Ver . 671 . pofed pofed to have been of ...
... called the tower of the library . This was the foundation of the prefent magnificent royal library at Paris . THE tale to which this is the Prologue , has been verfified by Dryden ; and is fup- • Ver . 671 . pofed pofed to have been of ...
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... , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHEDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of juft thinking ! C4 and and writing . Succeeding authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23.
... , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHEDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of juft thinking ! C4 and and writing . Succeeding authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23.
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Joseph Warton. is not indeed any part of knowledge which can be called entirely useless . " The most abstracted parts of mathematics , and the knowledge of mythological history , or an- tient allegories , have their own pleasures not ...
Joseph Warton. is not indeed any part of knowledge which can be called entirely useless . " The most abstracted parts of mathematics , and the knowledge of mythological history , or an- tient allegories , have their own pleasures not ...
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