An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... original writer , and used to say he had borrowed both his ftile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . ] 66 + Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet . Scripfit de nobilitate , de avaritia , de ...
... original writer , and used to say he had borrowed both his ftile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . ] 66 + Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet . Scripfit de nobilitate , de avaritia , de ...
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... has omitted a ftroke of humour ; for in the original , fhe naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome the lines muft be transcribed . * Ver . 359 . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... has omitted a ftroke of humour ; for in the original , fhe naturally mistakes the rank and age of St. Jerome the lines muft be transcribed . * Ver . 359 . Yclepid Yclepid Valerie and Theophraft , At which boke he lough ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... original and new , and to avoid the im- putation of copying , became distorted and unnatural : by endeavouring to open an unbeaten path , they deferted fimplicity and truth ; weary of common and obvious beauties , they must needs hunt ...
... original and new , and to avoid the im- putation of copying , became distorted and unnatural : by endeavouring to open an unbeaten path , they deferted fimplicity and truth ; weary of common and obvious beauties , they must needs hunt ...
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... original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loofe and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the prefent edition , I fhall speak no more of it . THE Imitation of Spenfer is the fecond ; it is a ...
... original , as it is the only piece of our author's works that is loofe and indecent , and as therefore I wish it had been omitted in the prefent edition , I fhall speak no more of it . THE Imitation of Spenfer is the fecond ; it is a ...
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... original , extorted fome moral , or darted forth fome witticism on every object he mentions : It is not enough to say that the laurels fheltered the foun- tain from the heat of the day , but this idea must be accompanied with a conceit ...
... original , extorted fome moral , or darted forth fome witticism on every object he mentions : It is not enough to say that the laurels fheltered the foun- tain from the heat of the day , but this idea must be accompanied with a conceit ...
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