An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... faid to have defpifed Chaucer . I am not furprized at this flrange judgment Cowley was indif putably a Genius , but his taste was perverted and narrowed by a love of witticisms . of of Cowley . " Chaucer is a perpetual foun- tain 2 8 ...
... faid to have defpifed Chaucer . I am not furprized at this flrange judgment Cowley was indif putably a Genius , but his taste was perverted and narrowed by a love of witticisms . of of Cowley . " Chaucer is a perpetual foun- tain 2 8 ...
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... faid to fympathize at the fecond appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with his naked fword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runs- The fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the foreft fhook around ...
... faid to fympathize at the fecond appearance of The felon on his fable fteed Arm'd with his naked fword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runs- The fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the foreft fhook around ...
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... faid on this subject ; but only relate the occasion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , hap- pening to pay a morning vifit to Dryden , whom he always refpected + , found him in an unusual ...
... faid on this subject ; but only relate the occasion and manner of his writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , hap- pening to pay a morning vifit to Dryden , whom he always refpected + , found him in an unusual ...
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... faid of him , that " no Phy- fician knew his Art more , nor his Trade lefs . " Pope told Mr. Richardfon , " that there was hardly an alteration , of he has cenfured , what he calls , the pig- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 27.
... faid of him , that " no Phy- fician knew his Art more , nor his Trade lefs . " Pope told Mr. Richardfon , " that there was hardly an alteration , of he has cenfured , what he calls , the pig- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 27.
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... to which the following anec- dote must be added , which I lately received from one of his intimate friends . wrote things , faid POPE , I am ashamed to • Pag . 78 . • I fay fay how foon ; part of my epic poem AL- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 29.
... to which the following anec- dote must be added , which I lately received from one of his intimate friends . wrote things , faid POPE , I am ashamed to • Pag . 78 . • I fay fay how foon ; part of my epic poem AL- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 29.
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