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Now cold despair succeeding in her stead , To livid paleness turn'd the glowing red * . 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 ...
Now cold despair succeeding in her stead , To livid paleness turn'd the glowing red * . 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 ...
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He that was unacquainted with Spenser , and was to form his ideas of the turn and inanner of his genius from this piece , would would undoubtedly suppose that he abounded in filthy images , 30 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
He that was unacquainted with Spenser , and was to form his ideas of the turn and inanner of his genius from this piece , would would undoubtedly suppose that he abounded in filthy images , 30 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... neighbours round , And curs , girls , boys , in the deep base are drown'd , The very turn of these numbers , bears the closest resemblance with the following , which are of themselves a complete concert of the most delicious music .
... neighbours round , And curs , girls , boys , in the deep base are drown'd , The very turn of these numbers , bears the closest resemblance with the following , which are of themselves a complete concert of the most delicious music .
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Nothing can more strongly characterize the different manner and turn of these two writers , than the pieces in question . It is remarkable , that Milton ends his ode with a kind of prophecy importing , that however he may be at present ...
Nothing can more strongly characterize the different manner and turn of these two writers , than the pieces in question . It is remarkable , that Milton ends his ode with a kind of prophecy importing , that however he may be at present ...
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I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that although the turn of the satire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochester should write a fatire on * Hume's History of Great Britain . Vol .
I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that although the turn of the satire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochester should write a fatire on * Hume's History of Great Britain . Vol .
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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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