An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... POETS . T HE first dawnings of polite lite- rature in Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and ...
... POETS . T HE first dawnings of polite lite- rature in Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and ...
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... poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ; but swept , like a drag - net , great and fmall . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ; whole pyra- mids of fweet ...
... poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ; but swept , like a drag - net , great and fmall . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ; whole pyra- mids of fweet ...
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... 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 , than to make his laurels to be seen the A perfon who ...
... 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 , than to make his laurels to be seen the A perfon who ...
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... poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is fituated with propriety , in a country defolate and joylefs ; all around it , The landscape was a foreft wide and bare ; Where neither beaft nor human kind repair ; The fowl , that scent ...
... poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is fituated with propriety , in a country defolate and joylefs ; all around it , The landscape was a foreft wide and bare ; Where neither beaft nor human kind repair ; The fowl , that scent ...
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... poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHEDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of juft thinking ! C4 and and writing . Succeeding ...
... poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHEDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of juft thinking ! C4 and and writing . Succeeding ...
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