An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine . Fontaine is , in truth , the capital and unrivalled writer of comic tales . He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius † , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with so many ...
... lines of four feet , or the French numbers of Fontaine . Fontaine is , in truth , the capital and unrivalled writer of comic tales . He generally took his fubjects from Boccace , Poggius † , and Ariofto ; but adorned them with so many ...
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... lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have , properly enough , a free colloquial air . One paffage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer ...
... lines of POPE , in the piece before us , are spirited and easy , and have , properly enough , a free colloquial air . One paffage , I cannot forbear quoting , as it acquaints us with the writers who were popular in the time of Chaucer ...
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... 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 are ...
... 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 are ...
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... lines ; By that way's fide there fate infernal Pain , And faft befide him fat tumultuous Strife ; The one , in hand an iron whip did strain , The other brandished a bloody knife , And both did gnash their teeth , and both did threaten ...
... lines ; By that way's fide there fate infernal Pain , And faft befide him fat tumultuous Strife ; The one , in hand an iron whip did strain , The other brandished a bloody knife , And both did gnash their teeth , and both did threaten ...
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... lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addressed , on her finging a song of his compofing . Chloris , yourself ...
... lines contain three allufions , delicate indeed , but fome may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addressed , on her finging a song of his compofing . Chloris , yourself ...
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