An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but these have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B 2 Fairies Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
... barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but these have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B 2 Fairies Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
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... these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the foundation of the prefent magnificent royal library at Paris . THE tale to which this is the Prologue , has been verfified by Dryden ...
... these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the foundation of the prefent magnificent royal library at Paris . THE tale to which this is the Prologue , has been verfified by Dryden ...
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... these pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticifm is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must ...
... these pieces , has never been excelled in our lan- guage , I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticifm is always useless and abfurd , I must beg leave to select a few paffages from these three poems ; and the reader must ...
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... These paffages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for the fame person to succeed in de- scribing externally a distressful character , who may mife ...
... These paffages are chiefly of the pathetic fort ; for which Dryden in his tragedies is far from being remarkable . But it is not unusual for the fame person to succeed in de- scribing externally a distressful character , who may mife ...
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... these well known lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amiça Thebaidos , latam fecit cum Statius urbem , * Writers of this ftamp are always on the ftretch . They difdain the ...
... these well known lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amiça Thebaidos , latam fecit cum Statius urbem , * Writers of this ftamp are always on the ftretch . They difdain the ...
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