An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote Palamon and Arcite , as we know Dryden was 70 , when he verfified it . The lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have ...
... history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote Palamon and Arcite , as we know Dryden was 70 , when he verfified it . The lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have ...
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... [ History of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is usually ascribed to the change of man- ners ; but manners have more changed fince Homer's age , and yet that poet remains ftill the favourite of every reader of ...
... [ History of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is usually ascribed to the change of man- ners ; but manners have more changed fince Homer's age , and yet that poet remains ftill the favourite of every reader of ...
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... history of Mero and Enegu , by Fonte- nelle * . Mero was the anagram of Rome , and Enegu of Geneva . These two sisters claimed the fucceffion to the throne of their fathers . Mero reigned first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a ...
... history of Mero and Enegu , by Fonte- nelle * . Mero was the anagram of Rome , and Enegu of Geneva . These two sisters claimed the fucceffion to the throne of their fathers . Mero reigned first , Fonte- nelle represents her as a ...
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... History , of the life of Fenelon , and of the tranf- lation of the travels of Cyrus . Dr. KING , of St. Mary Hall , in Oxford , informed me , that this elegant translation was made at Dr. Cheyne's houfe at Bath , and that he him- felf ...
... History , of the life of Fenelon , and of the tranf- lation of the travels of Cyrus . Dr. KING , of St. Mary Hall , in Oxford , informed me , that this elegant translation was made at Dr. Cheyne's houfe at Bath , and that he him- felf ...
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... history of Eugenio and Corufodes , in one of SWIFT's Intelli- gencers . LORD BATHURST , Lord LYTTELTON , SPENCE , HARTE , and other of his friends , have affured me , that among intimates POPE had an admirable talent for telling a ftory ...
... history of Eugenio and Corufodes , in one of SWIFT's Intelli- gencers . LORD BATHURST , Lord LYTTELTON , SPENCE , HARTE , and other of his friends , have affured me , that among intimates POPE had an admirable talent for telling a ftory ...
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