An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... give occafion for ftories of diftreffed damfels on the point of being devoured by dragons , and delivered at fuch a critical feafon by their favourite knights . Some faint tra- ditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and ...
... give occafion for ftories of diftreffed damfels on the point of being devoured by dragons , and delivered at fuch a critical feafon by their favourite knights . Some faint tra- ditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and ...
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... give any disturbance to thofe bookfellers to whom this privilege ́is granted . There is also a decree of the inquifition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caufed some af- terations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom ...
... give any disturbance to thofe bookfellers to whom this privilege ́is granted . There is also a decree of the inquifition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caufed some af- terations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom ...
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... give why the Romans , who fo happily imitated the Greeks in many respects , and breathed a truly tragic fpirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though fo fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every ...
... give why the Romans , who fo happily imitated the Greeks in many respects , and breathed a truly tragic fpirit , could yet never excel in tragedy , though fo fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every ...
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... give his poem the due fimplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti . mate Epopea , the reader may find in Mr. Hurd's enter- taining letter to Mr. Mason , on the Marks of imitation , pag . 19 , and in Obfervations on the Faery Queen ...
... give his poem the due fimplicity , coherence and unity of a legiti . mate Epopea , the reader may find in Mr. Hurd's enter- taining letter to Mr. Mason , on the Marks of imitation , pag . 19 , and in Obfervations on the Faery Queen ...
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... give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perufed with common patience by a lover of antiquity . He that would fee Pindar's manner truly imitated , may read Mafters's noble and ...
... give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perufed with common patience by a lover of antiquity . He that would fee Pindar's manner truly imitated , may read Mafters's noble and ...
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