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The warmth and melody of these pieces , has never been excelled in our language , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to select a few passages from these three poems ...
The warmth and melody of these pieces , has never been excelled in our language , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to select a few passages from these three poems ...
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... the Earl of Dor : set , an elegant writer , and amiable man , equally noted for the severity of his fatire , and the sweetness of his manners , and who gave the fairest proof that these two qualities are by no means incompatible .
... the Earl of Dor : set , an elegant writer , and amiable man , equally noted for the severity of his fatire , and the sweetness of his manners , and who gave the fairest proof that these two qualities are by no means incompatible .
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... quantum quisque prosit , sed quanti quisque sit , ponderandum est : præfertim cum pauci pingere egregiè possint aut fingere , operarii autem aut bajuli deesse non possint . ” here apply 24. Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means.
... quantum quisque prosit , sed quanti quisque sit , ponderandum est : præfertim cum pauci pingere egregiè possint aut fingere , operarii autem aut bajuli deesse non possint . ” here apply 24. Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means.
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Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means be fair , Lift under reason and deserve her care ; Those , that imparted , court a nobler aim , Exalt their kind , and take some virtue's name * . We find an af obscurity in these lines ...
Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means be fair , Lift under reason and deserve her care ; Those , that imparted , court a nobler aim , Exalt their kind , and take some virtue's name * . We find an af obscurity in these lines ...
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... of its being acted , the author was forced to add to it one of his coarseit farces ; but Boileau in the mean time affirmed that it was the capital work of their stage , and that the people would one time be induced to think so . 3.
... of its being acted , the author was forced to add to it one of his coarseit farces ; but Boileau in the mean time affirmed that it was the capital work of their stage , and that the people would one time be induced to think so . 3.
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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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