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... true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to POPE , by POPE to Mr. Gilbert West , by him to the ingenious friend who communicated it to me * . The rapidity , and yet the perfpicuity of the thoughts , the glow and the ...
... true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to POPE , by POPE to Mr. Gilbert West , by him to the ingenious friend who communicated it to me * . The rapidity , and yet the perfpicuity of the thoughts , the glow and the ...
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... true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and spirit ; but his images are gigantic and outrageous , and his fentiments tortured and hyperbolical . It can hardly , I ...
... true relish of poffibility , propriety , fimplicity and nature . Statius had undoubtedly invention , ability and spirit ; but his images are gigantic and outrageous , and his fentiments tortured and hyperbolical . It can hardly , I ...
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... true taste in poetry , among the Romans . From the time of Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and fortyseven years ; and if I might venture to pronounce fo rigorous a sentence , I would fay , that the ...
... true taste in poetry , among the Romans . From the time of Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and fortyseven years ; and if I might venture to pronounce fo rigorous a sentence , I would fay , that the ...
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... true reprefentation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the foftneffes of nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an affemblage of disgusting and disagreeable founds , in the following ftanza of ...
... true reprefentation of him , for he seems to be more awake and alive to all the foftneffes of nature , than almost any writer I can recollect . There is an affemblage of disgusting and disagreeable founds , in the following ftanza of ...
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... true natural manners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will always form an agreeable and pleafing picture ; but the pencil of the English poet was employed in drawing the affectations , and conceits , and fopperies of chivalry ...
... true natural manners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will always form an agreeable and pleafing picture ; but the pencil of the English poet was employed in drawing the affectations , and conceits , and fopperies of chivalry ...
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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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