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... fatires of Ariofto are more read than the Orlando Furiofo , or even Dante . Are there fo many cordial ad- mirers of ... fatires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and II Penfe- Penferofo of ...
... fatires of Ariofto are more read than the Orlando Furiofo , or even Dante . Are there fo many cordial ad- mirers of ... fatires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and II Penfe- Penferofo of ...
Page vii
Joseph Warton. Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these fatires , you would indeed have gained the title of a man of wit , and a man of fenfe ; but , I am confi- dent , would not infift on being deno- minated a POET , MERELY on ...
Joseph Warton. Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these fatires , you would indeed have gained the title of a man of wit , and a man of fenfe ; but , I am confi- dent , would not infift on being deno- minated a POET , MERELY on ...
Page 67
... fatire . The name of Malherbe is refpectable , as he was the first reformer of the French poefy , and th firft who gave his countrymen any legitimate ode , though his own pieces have hardly any thing but harmony to recom- mend them ...
... fatire . The name of Malherbe is refpectable , as he was the first reformer of the French poefy , and th firft who gave his countrymen any legitimate ode , though his own pieces have hardly any thing but harmony to recom- mend them ...
Page 103
... thirty when he published his fatires , fuch as . * Quintil . 1. xi . c . I. + Sect . x . 2 . we now have them . Moliere was full forty when H 4 we AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 103 et limatum*." In the earliest letters of ...
... thirty when he published his fatires , fuch as . * Quintil . 1. xi . c . I. + Sect . x . 2 . we now have them . Moliere was full forty when H 4 we AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 103 et limatum*." In the earliest letters of ...
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... fatire to fay , that the reasoning of them is fophiftical and inconclufive , the style dif- fuse and verbose , and the learning feemingly contained in them not drawn from the ori- ginals , but picked up and purloined from French critics ...
... fatire to fay , that the reasoning of them is fophiftical and inconclufive , the style dif- fuse and verbose , and the learning feemingly contained in them not drawn from the ori- ginals , but picked up and purloined from French critics ...
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