An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... 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 delivered them in VOL . II . B the the pureft ftile , enlivened with interesting ...
... 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 delivered them in VOL . II . B the the pureft ftile , enlivened with interesting ...
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... writing , by his Belphegor . To produce , and carry on with proba- bility and decorum , a series of events , is the most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the po- pular stories of every nation , we should ...
... writing , by his Belphegor . To produce , and carry on with proba- bility and decorum , a series of events , is the most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the po- pular stories of every nation , we should ...
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... writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have ...
... writing ; and perhaps knew it was a fault , but hoped the reader would not find it . For this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have ...
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... writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , hap- pening to pay a morning vifit to Dryden , whom he always refpected + , found him in an unusual agitation of fpirits , even to â trembling . On enquiring the cause , have ...
... writing it . Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , hap- pening to pay a morning vifit to Dryden , whom he always refpected + , found him in an unusual agitation of fpirits , even to â trembling . On enquiring the cause , have ...
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... 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 authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23.
... 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 authors , as it happens in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 23.
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