An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... language has yet produced . His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the ...
... language has yet produced . His digreffions and ramblings , which he himself fays he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the ...
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... language , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticifm is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of ...
... language , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticifm is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of ...
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... language of his heart . His profe works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perused with common patience by a lover of antiquity . He that would fee Pindar's manner truly ...
... language of his heart . His profe works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be perused with common patience by a lover of antiquity . He that would fee Pindar's manner truly ...
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... language . 9. If plagues or earthquakes break not heav'n's defign , Why then a Borgia or a Catiline † ? " All ills arise from the order of the univerfe , which is abfolutely perfect . Would you wish to disturb fo divine an order , for ...
... language . 9. If plagues or earthquakes break not heav'n's defign , Why then a Borgia or a Catiline † ? " All ills arise from the order of the univerfe , which is abfolutely perfect . Would you wish to disturb fo divine an order , for ...
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... language , more lively than that of the last verse . " To live along the line " is equally bold and beautiful . In this part of this Epiftle the poet seems to have remarkably laboured his ftyle , which abounds in various figures , and ...
... language , more lively than that of the last verse . " To live along the line " is equally bold and beautiful . In this part of this Epiftle the poet seems to have remarkably laboured his ftyle , which abounds in various figures , and ...
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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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