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... fecond appearance of The felon on his fable steed Arm'd with his naked fword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runsThe fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the foreft fhook around , Air blacken'd , roll'd the ...
... fecond appearance of The felon on his fable steed Arm'd with his naked fword that urg'd his dogs to speed . Thus it runsThe fiend's alarm began ; the hollow found Sung in the leaves , the foreft fhook around , Air blacken'd , roll'd the ...
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... fecond ; it is a defcription of an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece , would 18 - would undoubtedly fuppofe that he abounded in ...
... fecond ; it is a defcription of an alley of fishwomen . He that was unacquainted with Spenfer , and was to form his ideas of the turn and manner of his genius from this piece , would 18 - would undoubtedly fuppofe that he abounded in ...
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... fecond of which was thought to contain a heavy anticlimax . Grac'd as thou art with all the power of words , Known to the Courts , the Commons and the Lords . The unexpected flatnefs and familiarity of the last line was thus ridiculed ...
... fecond of which was thought to contain a heavy anticlimax . Grac'd as thou art with all the power of words , Known to the Courts , the Commons and the Lords . The unexpected flatnefs and familiarity of the last line was thus ridiculed ...
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... fecond , most of them cleared up , and his pleasure increased : On the third , he had no doubt remaining , and then he admired the whole * . " THE fubject of this Ellay is a vindication of providence , in which the poet propofes Letters ...
... fecond , most of them cleared up , and his pleasure increased : On the third , he had no doubt remaining , and then he admired the whole * . " THE fubject of this Ellay is a vindication of providence , in which the poet propofes Letters ...
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... Pain is forcibly expreffed by the action defcribed in the fecond line , and by the epithet tremulas . * Lib . v . ver . 991 . 39. The " " 39. The fhrine with gore unftain'd , with gold undreft 102 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... Pain is forcibly expreffed by the action defcribed in the fecond line , and by the epithet tremulas . * Lib . v . ver . 991 . 39. The " " 39. The fhrine with gore unftain'd , with gold undreft 102 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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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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