An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... first fight appear para- doxical ; but if the 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 ...
... first fight appear para- doxical ; but if the 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 ...
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... first due to Poggius . It is found in the hundred and thirty - third of his Facetia , where it is entitled Vifio Francifci Philel- phi ; from hence Rabelais inserted it , under another title , in his third book and twenty- eighth ...
... first due to Poggius . It is found in the hundred and thirty - third of his Facetia , where it is entitled Vifio Francifci Philel- phi ; from hence Rabelais inserted it , under another title , in his third book and twenty- eighth ...
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... first delineation of all these images is in Chaucer , or Boc- cace , and it might be worth examining how much Dryden has added purely from his own ftock . combat , combat , which is told at length , in the 16 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS The ...
... first delineation of all these images is in Chaucer , or Boc- cace , and it might be worth examining how much Dryden has added purely from his own ftock . combat , combat , which is told at length , in the 16 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS The ...
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... first book of Statius , is the next piece that belongs to this Section . It was in his childhood only , that he could make choice of so injudicious a writer . It were to be wished that no youth of genius were fuffered ever to look ...
... first book of Statius , is the next piece that belongs to this Section . It was in his childhood only , that he could make choice of so injudicious a writer . It were to be wished that no youth of genius were fuffered ever to look ...
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... first volume , to which the following anec- dote must be added , which I lately received from one of his intimate friends . " .. I wrote things , faid POPE , I am ashamed to · • Pag . 78 . fay fay how foon ; part of my epic poem Ar- AND ...
... first volume , to which the following anec- dote must be added , which I lately received from one of his intimate friends . " .. I wrote things , faid POPE , I am ashamed to · • Pag . 78 . fay fay how foon ; part of my epic poem Ar- AND ...
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