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... PERSON of no fmall rank has informed me , that Mr. Addison was inexpreffibly cha- grined at this noble conclufion of WINDSOR- FOREST , both as a politician and as a poet , As a politician , because it fo highly celebrated that treaty of ...
... PERSON of no fmall rank has informed me , that Mr. Addison was inexpreffibly cha- grined at this noble conclufion of WINDSOR- FOREST , both as a politician and as a poet , As a politician , because it fo highly celebrated that treaty of ...
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... person of taste who was refolved to have it executed , if an artist could have been found , on one fide of his falloon . In which cafe , faid he , the painter has nothing to do , but to sub- ftitute colours for words , the defign being ...
... person of taste who was refolved to have it executed , if an artist could have been found , on one fide of his falloon . In which cafe , faid he , the painter has nothing to do , but to sub- ftitute colours for words , the defign being ...
Page 106
... person , that doth induce contempt , hath alfo a perpetual spur in himselfe , to rescue and deliver himself from fcorne . " I do not think it improbable , that this circum- ftance might animate our poet , to double his diligence to make ...
... person , that doth induce contempt , hath alfo a perpetual spur in himselfe , to rescue and deliver himself from fcorne . " I do not think it improbable , that this circum- ftance might animate our poet , to double his diligence to make ...
Page 111
... . In poets as true genius is but rare * . It is indeed fo extremely rare , that no country in the fucceffion of many ages has * Ver . 11 . produced produced above three or four persons that deferve the title AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 11L.
... . In poets as true genius is but rare * . It is indeed fo extremely rare , that no country in the fucceffion of many ages has * Ver . 11 . produced produced above three or four persons that deferve the title AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 11L.
Page 112
Joseph Warton. produced above three or four persons that deferve the title . The " man of rhymes " . may be easily found ; but the genuine poet , of a lively plaftic imagination , the true MAKER OF CREATOR , is fo uncommon a prodigy ...
Joseph Warton. produced above three or four persons that deferve the title . The " man of rhymes " . may be easily found ; but the genuine poet , of a lively plaftic imagination , the true MAKER OF CREATOR , is fo uncommon a prodigy ...
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