An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote Palamon and Arcite , as we know Dryden was 70 , when he verfified it . The lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have ...
... history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote Palamon and Arcite , as we know Dryden was 70 , when he verfified it . The lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have ...
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... history of learning , that the grofs licentiousness and applauded debauchery of Charles the Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progrefs of polite literature and the fine arts that began to revive after the Grand ...
... history of learning , that the grofs licentiousness and applauded debauchery of Charles the Second's court , proved almost as pernicious to the progrefs of polite literature and the fine arts that began to revive after the Grand ...
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... history of Mero and Enegu , by Fonte- nelle * . Mero was the anagram of Rome , and Enegu of Geneva . Thefe two fifters claimed the fucceffion to the throne of their fathers . Mero reigned first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a ...
... history of Mero and Enegu , by Fonte- nelle * . Mero was the anagram of Rome , and Enegu of Geneva . Thefe two fifters claimed the fucceffion to the throne of their fathers . Mero reigned first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a ...
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... history , or an- tient allegories , have their own pleasures not inferior to the more gay entertainments of painting , mufic , or architecture ; and it is for the advantage of mankind that fome are found , who have a tafte for thefe ...
... history , or an- tient allegories , have their own pleasures not inferior to the more gay entertainments of painting , mufic , or architecture ; and it is for the advantage of mankind that fome are found , who have a tafte for thefe ...
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... history of Eugenio and Corufodes , in one of SwIFT's Intelli gencers . LORD BATHURST , Lord LYTTELTON , SPENCE , HARTE , and other of his friends , have affured me , that among intimates POPE had an admirable talent for telling a ftory ...
... history of Eugenio and Corufodes , in one of SwIFT's Intelli gencers . LORD BATHURST , Lord LYTTELTON , SPENCE , HARTE , and other of his friends , have affured me , that among intimates POPE had an admirable talent for telling a ftory ...
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