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Joseph Warton. tion . Fontenelle and La Motte are entitled to the former character ; but what can they urge to gain the latter ? Which of these characters is the most valuable and useful , is entirely out of the question : all I plead ...
Joseph Warton. tion . Fontenelle and La Motte are entitled to the former character ; but what can they urge to gain the latter ? Which of these characters is the most valuable and useful , is entirely out of the question : all I plead ...
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... character of a TRUE CRITIC , are fuperior to any thing in Boileau's Art of Poetry from which , however , POPE has borrowed many obfervations . 37. The mighty STAGYRITE firft left the fhore , Spread all his fails , and durft the deep ...
... character of a TRUE CRITIC , are fuperior to any thing in Boileau's Art of Poetry from which , however , POPE has borrowed many obfervations . 37. The mighty STAGYRITE firft left the fhore , Spread all his fails , and durft the deep ...
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... character , for the fake of introducing a brilliant fimile , or acute remark : where no Vol . II . during the month of July . See the characters of Will . Wimble , Moll White , and the justices of the quorum , p . 200. & feq . And Vol ...
... character , for the fake of introducing a brilliant fimile , or acute remark : where no Vol . II . during the month of July . See the characters of Will . Wimble , Moll White , and the justices of the quorum , p . 200. & feq . And Vol ...
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