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... lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * . Fontaine is , in truth , the capital and unrivalled writer of comic tales . He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius † , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with fo many ...
... lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine * . Fontaine is , in truth , the capital and unrivalled writer of comic tales . He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius † , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with fo many ...
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... lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are fpirited and eafy , and have , properly enough , a free colloquial air . One paffage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer ...
... lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are fpirited and eafy , and have , properly enough , a free colloquial air . One paffage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer ...
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... lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit cum Statius urbem , * Writers of this ftamp are always on the stretch . They difdain the natural . They are ...
... lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit cum Statius urbem , * Writers of this ftamp are always on the stretch . They difdain the natural . They are ...
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... lines ; By that way's fide there fate infernal Pain , And faft befide him fat tumultuous Strife ; The one , in hand an iron whip did ftrain , The other brandifhed a bloody knife , And both did gnash their teeth , and both did threaten ...
... lines ; By that way's fide there fate infernal Pain , And faft befide him fat tumultuous Strife ; The one , in hand an iron whip did ftrain , The other brandifhed a bloody knife , And both did gnash their teeth , and both did threaten ...
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... lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addreffed , on her finging a fong of his compofing . " Chloris ...
... lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addreffed , on her finging a fong of his compofing . " Chloris ...
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admirable affected alfo ancient appears beauty becauſe Boileau called character Corneille critic death defign Dryden Effay elegant epiftle equal excellent faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fhall firft firſt fome force French fubject fuch genius give given hand himſelf Horace images imitation Italy king laft language late learned letter lines lively Lord manner mean mentioned Milton mind moft moral moſt muſt nature never obferved occafion opinion original paffage paffion particularly perfon perhaps piece poem poet poetry POPE reader reaſon remarkable ridicule SCENA ſhould ſpirit Swift thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tranflation true turn uſed verfe verſe whole writer written wrote Young
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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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