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... Dryden fays of Donne ; He was the greatest wit , tho ' not the great- eft of this nation . Fontenelle and La Motte are entitled to the former cha- poet racter ; but what can they urge to gain the the latter ? Which of these characters ...
... Dryden fays of Donne ; He was the greatest wit , tho ' not the great- eft of this nation . Fontenelle and La Motte are entitled to the former cha- poet racter ; but what can they urge to gain the the latter ? Which of these characters ...
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... be ranked , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . I At At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , DEDICATION . xi.
... be ranked , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . I At At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , DEDICATION . xi.
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Joseph Warton. At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , ADDISON , COWLEY , WALLER , GARTH , FENTON , GAY , DENHAM , PARNELL . In the third Clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant tafte , and lively fancy in defcribing familiar ...
Joseph Warton. At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , ADDISON , COWLEY , WALLER , GARTH , FENTON , GAY , DENHAM , PARNELL . In the third Clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant tafte , and lively fancy in defcribing familiar ...
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... the exu- berance of Dryden . I REMEMBER to have been informed , by an intimate friend of POPE , that he had once laid a defign of writing AMERICAN ECLOGUES : } ECLOGUES : The fubject would have been fruitful of 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS .
... the exu- berance of Dryden . I REMEMBER to have been informed , by an intimate friend of POPE , that he had once laid a defign of writing AMERICAN ECLOGUES : } ECLOGUES : The fubject would have been fruitful of 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS .
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... Dryden had finished a tranflation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after fo great a master ; he might have faid with more propriety , I will not write a mufic- ode * after Alexander's Feaft , which the * He wrote this Ode ...
... Dryden had finished a tranflation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after fo great a master ; he might have faid with more propriety , I will not write a mufic- ode * after Alexander's Feaft , which the * He wrote this Ode ...
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