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... this reafon , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer efteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9.
... this reafon , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer efteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9.
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... must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the conftant pat* The falling off of his hair , said a man of wit , had no other confequence ...
... must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the conftant pat* The falling off of his hair , said a man of wit , had no other confequence ...
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... must I omit that affecting image in Spenfer , who ever excels in the pathetic , And him befides there lay upon the grass A dreary corfe , whofe life away did pass , All wallow'd in his own , yet lukewarm , blood , That from his wound ...
... must I omit that affecting image in Spenfer , who ever excels in the pathetic , And him befides there lay upon the grass A dreary corfe , whofe life away did pass , All wallow'd in his own , yet lukewarm , blood , That from his wound ...
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... must be the critic , who could have leifure dully and foberly to attend to the anachronism on fo ftriking an occafion . The mind is whirled away by a torrent of rapid imagery , and propriety is forgot . THE tale of Sigifmonda and ...
... must be the critic , who could have leifure dully and foberly to attend to the anachronism on fo ftriking an occafion . The mind is whirled away by a torrent of rapid imagery , and propriety is forgot . THE tale of Sigifmonda and ...
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... digreffion on Dryden . It must be owned , that his ode on the power of mufic , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most unC 2 rivalled rivalled of his compofitions . By that strange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19.
... digreffion on Dryden . It must be owned , that his ode on the power of mufic , which is the chief ornament of this volume , is the most unC 2 rivalled rivalled of his compofitions . By that strange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19.
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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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