An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... perhaps not the least spirited . RABELAIS was not the inventor of many of the burlesque tales he introduced into his principal ftory ; the finest touches of which , it is to be feared , have undergone the ufual and unavoidable fate of ...
... perhaps not the least spirited . RABELAIS was not the inventor of many of the burlesque tales he introduced into his principal ftory ; the finest touches of which , it is to be feared , have undergone the ufual and unavoidable fate of ...
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... perhaps nothing but his youth could excuse . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely fcrupulous , informs us that he would not verfify it on account . of its indecency . POPE however has omitted or foftened the groffer and more offenfive ...
... perhaps nothing but his youth could excuse . Dryden , who is known not to be nicely fcrupulous , informs us that he would not verfify it on account . of its indecency . POPE however has omitted or foftened the groffer and more offenfive ...
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... perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For 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 ...
... perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For 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 ...
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... perhaps to excefs , in allufions to mythology and the ancient claffics . The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The following twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome ...
... perhaps to excefs , in allufions to mythology and the ancient claffics . The French , as may be imagined , complain that he is too learned for the ladies . The following twelve lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome ...
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... perhaps more variety of mufic than either of them * . A poet who addreffes his pieces to living characters , and confines himself to the fubjects and anecdotes of his own times , like this courtly author , bids fairer to become popular ...
... perhaps more variety of mufic than either of them * . A poet who addreffes his pieces to living characters , and confines himself to the fubjects and anecdotes of his own times , like this courtly author , bids fairer to become popular ...
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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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