An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildeft chimeras in thofe books of chivalry with which Don Quixote's library was furnished , would be found to have a clofe connexion with ancient mythology . WE of ...
... subject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think , that the wildeft chimeras in thofe books of chivalry with which Don Quixote's library was furnished , would be found to have a clofe connexion with ancient mythology . WE of ...
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... subjects of a more serious and sublime fpecies ; and it were to be wished , POPR had exercised his pencil on the pathetic story of the patience of Grifilda , or Troilus and Creffida , or the complaint of the black knight ; or , above ...
... subjects of a more serious and sublime fpecies ; and it were to be wished , POPR had exercised his pencil on the pathetic story of the patience of Grifilda , or Troilus and Creffida , or the complaint of the black knight ; or , above ...
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... subject worthy the pencil of Spagnoletti , as it partakes of that favageness which is so striking to the ima- gination . I shall confine myself to point out only two paffages , which relate the two appearances of this formidable figure ...
... subject worthy the pencil of Spagnoletti , as it partakes of that favageness which is so striking to the ima- gination . I shall confine myself to point out only two paffages , which relate the two appearances of this formidable figure ...
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... from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ; which appears strange . This from Mr .. Spence subject subject which occurred to me , that I could not 20 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ; which appears strange . This from Mr .. Spence subject subject which occurred to me , that I could not 20 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Joseph Warton. subject which occurred to me , that I could not leave it till I had completed it ; here it is , finished at one fitting . " And imme- diately he fhewed him this ode , which places the British lyric poetry above that of any ...
Joseph Warton. subject which occurred to me , that I could not leave it till I had completed it ; here it is , finished at one fitting . " And imme- diately he fhewed him this ode , which places the British lyric poetry above that of any ...
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