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Of JANUARY and May , The Wife of Bath , and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and Ovid , and the ImiTATIONS of some English Poets . TH HE first dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables .
Of JANUARY and May , The Wife of Bath , and TRANSLATIONS of STATIUS and Ovid , and the ImiTATIONS of some English Poets . TH HE first dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables .
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One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ; but swept , like a drag - net , great and small . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ...
One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ; but swept , like a drag - net , great and small . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ...
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As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to select a few passages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any observations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat* The ...
As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to select a few passages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any observations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat* The ...
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If we pafs on from descriptions of perfons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country defolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a forest ...
If we pafs on from descriptions of perfons to those of things , we shall find this poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country defolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a forest ...
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... to pronounce so rigorous a sentence , I would say , that the Romans can boast of but eight poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , Virgil , Horace , TIBULLUS , PROPERTIUS , PHÆDRUS .
... to pronounce so rigorous a sentence , I would say , that the Romans can boast of but eight poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , Virgil , Horace , TIBULLUS , PROPERTIUS , PHÆDRUS .
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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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