An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... POETs . T HE first dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables . Boccace gave a currency and vogue to this fpecies of compofition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and delivered ...
... POETs . T HE first dawnings of polite literature in Italy , appeared in talewriting and fables . Boccace gave a currency and vogue to this fpecies of compofition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and delivered ...
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... poets ; but only indulged himself in the luxury of writing ; and 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 ...
... poets ; but only indulged himself in the luxury of writing ; and 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 ...
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... poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; fome French tranflations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Auftin's City of God . He placed these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the ...
... poet but Ovid , Lucan and Boethius ; fome French tranflations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Auftin's City of God . He placed these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the ...
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... poet of the vulgar , who were easily captivated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence ... poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS ...
... poet of the vulgar , who were easily captivated with a wild and inartificial tale , and with an empty magnificence ... poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATULLUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS ...
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... poets had the talent of expreffing himself with more force and perfpicuity than Ovid ; that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the Juffit et extendi campos , of the latin poet ; that he excels in the propriety ...
... poets had the talent of expreffing himself with more force and perfpicuity than Ovid ; that the Fiat of the Hebrew law - giver is not more fublime than the Juffit et extendi campos , of the latin poet ; that he excels in the propriety ...
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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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