An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... known not to be nicely scrupulous , informs us that he would not verify it on account of its indecency . POPE however has omitted or foftened the groffer and more offenfive paffages . Chaucer afforded him many subjects of a more serious ...
... known not to be nicely scrupulous , informs us that he would not verify it on account of its indecency . POPE however has omitted or foftened the groffer and more offenfive paffages . Chaucer afforded him many subjects of a more serious ...
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... known lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit cum Statius urbem , • Writers of this ftamp are always on the ftretch . They difdain the natural . They ...
... known lines which have been commonly interpreted as a panegyric . Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amica Thebaidos , latam fecit cum Statius urbem , • Writers of this ftamp are always on the ftretch . They difdain the natural . They ...
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... known to be here infisted on . I See his addrefs to the furies in the Edipus Coloneus of Sophocles , beginning at the words , Q worriai dair @ Tir , at verfe 85 , down to verfe 117. And afterwards , when he becomes more particularly ...
... known to be here infisted on . I See his addrefs to the furies in the Edipus Coloneus of Sophocles , beginning at the words , Q worriai dair @ Tir , at verfe 85 , down to verfe 117. And afterwards , when he becomes more particularly ...
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... known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit . Eternorum operum cuftos fidelis , Quæftorque gazæ nobilioris , Quam cui præfuit Ion , Clarus Erechtheides , Opulenta dei per templa parentis , Fulvofque tripodas , donaque Delphica , Ion ...
... known to have been fo fond , I cannot omit . Eternorum operum cuftos fidelis , Quæftorque gazæ nobilioris , Quam cui præfuit Ion , Clarus Erechtheides , Opulenta dei per templa parentis , Fulvofque tripodas , donaque Delphica , Ion ...
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... Known to the Courts , the Commons and the Lords . The unexpected flatnefs and familiarity of the laft line was thus ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour . Perfuafion tips his tongue whene'er he talks , And — le bas chambers in the ...
... Known to the Courts , the Commons and the Lords . The unexpected flatnefs and familiarity of the laft line was thus ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour . Perfuafion tips his tongue whene'er he talks , And — le bas chambers in the ...
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