An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... 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 , properly enough ...
... 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 , properly enough ...
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... mentioning two of them * , The SCHOOL - MISTRESS , by Mr. Shenstone , and the EDUCATION of ACHILLES , by Mr. Bedingfield + . To these must be added that exquifite piece of wild and romantic imagery , Thomson's Castle of Indolence ; the ...
... mentioning two of them * , The SCHOOL - MISTRESS , by Mr. Shenstone , and the EDUCATION of ACHILLES , by Mr. Bedingfield + . To these must be added that exquifite piece of wild and romantic imagery , Thomson's Castle of Indolence ; the ...
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... mention a remark of Voltaire , who affirms , " that the famous Tale of a Tub an imitation of the old story of the three invifible rings , which a father bequeathed to his three children . These three rings were the Jewish , Christian ...
... mention a remark of Voltaire , who affirms , " that the famous Tale of a Tub an imitation of the old story of the three invifible rings , which a father bequeathed to his three children . These three rings were the Jewish , Christian ...
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... mention the Syphilis of Fracaftorius , the Silk - worms and Chefs of Vida , the Ambra of Politian , the Agri- culture of Alamanni , the Art of Poetry of Boileau , the Gardens of Rapin , the Cyder of Phillips , the Chafe of Somerville ...
... mention the Syphilis of Fracaftorius , the Silk - worms and Chefs of Vida , the Ambra of Politian , the Agri- culture of Alamanni , the Art of Poetry of Boileau , the Gardens of Rapin , the Cyder of Phillips , the Chafe of Somerville ...
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... mentioned as paffages that de- serve high applause , nay as fome of the moft exalted pieces of English poetry . 38. Man walk'd with beast , joint tenant of the shade t . + Ver . 152 . ⚫ Ver . 99 . H 3 LUCRE- LUCRETIUS , agreeably to ...
... mentioned as paffages that de- serve high applause , nay as fome of the moft exalted pieces of English poetry . 38. Man walk'd with beast , joint tenant of the shade t . + Ver . 152 . ⚫ Ver . 99 . H 3 LUCRE- LUCRETIUS , agreeably to ...
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