An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but thefe have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B 2 Fairies Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
... barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impoffible , but thefe have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B 2 Fairies Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 3.
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Joseph Warton. Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis and Sir Triftan have a claffical foundation , may at first fight appear para- doxical ; but if the subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the ...
Joseph Warton. Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis and Sir Triftan have a claffical foundation , may at first fight appear para- doxical ; but if the subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the ...
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... say he had borrowed both his ftile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . ] + " Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet . Scripfit de nobilitate , de avaritia , de principum infelicitate , de moribus ...
... say he had borrowed both his ftile and matter from Marot and Rabelais . ] + " Poggius Florentinus in hoc numero eloquentium virorum fingulare nomen obtinet . Scripfit de nobilitate , de avaritia , de principum infelicitate , de moribus ...
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... says he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the criticism . but because it contains a cenfure • Cowley is faid to have despised ...
... says he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interefting and amufing . In this preface is a paffage worth particular notice , not only for the juftness of the criticism . but because it contains a cenfure • Cowley is faid to have despised ...
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... say , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers , and fcarcely by any of the ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could ...
... say , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers , and fcarcely by any of the ancients , excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poets is funk in his reputation , because he could ...
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Adamo Addiſon addreffed againſt alfo almoſt alſo beauty becauſe beſt Biſhop Boileau Bolingbroke cauſe cenfured character circumftance defign Demetrius Phalereus deſcription Dryden Dunciad Effay elegant Engliſh epiftle Euripides excellent expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhew finiſhed firft firſt fome ftrong fubject fuch genius himſelf hiſtory Horace humour Iliad imitation inferted juſt laft laſt letter lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lucretius malè manner Milton moft moſt muſt nature obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffion perfon philofopher piece pleafing pleaſing pleaſure poem poet poetry POPE Pope's prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe Quintilian reaſon ridicule ſaid ſay SCENA ſee ſeems ſhall ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpirit ſtate Statius ſtrokes ſtyle ſuch Swift tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tranſlation uſed verfe verſe Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe words writer δε