An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... of Dryden and POPE's having copied the gay and ludicrous parts of Chaucer , the common notion feems to have arifen , that Chaucer's B 4 Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned to the light AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 7.
... of Dryden and POPE's having copied the gay and ludicrous parts of Chaucer , the common notion feems to have arifen , that Chaucer's B 4 Chaucer's vein of poetry was chiefly turned to the light AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 7.
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Joseph Warton. rivalled of his compofitions . By that strange fatality which feems 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 enume- ration ...
Joseph Warton. rivalled of his compofitions . By that strange fatality which feems 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 enume- ration ...
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... feems to have thought that the fwains of Surry had the innocence of thofe of Sydney's Arcadia ; but the perverfenefs and debauchery of his own workmen foon undeceived him , with whom , it is faid , he was fometimes fo far provoked , as ...
... feems to have thought that the fwains of Surry had the innocence of thofe of Sydney's Arcadia ; but the perverfenefs and debauchery of his own workmen foon undeceived him , with whom , it is faid , he was fometimes fo far provoked , as ...
Page 60
... feems to have been deceived : There is a remarkable paffage in one of his letters . " I confefs I did never imagine you were fo deep in morals , or that fo many new and excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and agreeably ...
... feems to have been deceived : There is a remarkable paffage in one of his letters . " I confefs I did never imagine you were fo deep in morals , or that fo many new and excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and agreeably ...
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... feems to have hinted , by this allu- fion to the Paradife Loft , that he intended his poem for a defence of providence , as well as Milton : but he took a very dif- ferent method in pursuing that end ; and imagined that the goodness and ...
... feems to have hinted , by this allu- fion to the Paradife Loft , that he intended his poem for a defence of providence , as well as Milton : but he took a very dif- ferent method in pursuing that end ; and imagined that the goodness and ...
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