An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in so many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . of Cowley. ...
... this reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in so many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . of Cowley. ...
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Joseph Warton. in so many fucceffive years , yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth . " It is a circumftance of literary history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote ...
Joseph Warton. in so many fucceffive years , yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth . " It is a circumftance of literary history worth mentioning , that Chaucer was more than 60 years old when he wrote ...
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... present magnificent royal library at Paris . THE tale to which this is the Prologue , has been verfified by Dryden ; and is fup- • Ver . 671 . pofed posed to have been of Chaucer's own con- trivance as AND WRITINGS OF POPE . II.
... present magnificent royal library at Paris . THE tale to which this is the Prologue , has been verfified by Dryden ; and is fup- • Ver . 671 . pofed posed to have been of Chaucer's own con- trivance as AND WRITINGS OF POPE . II.
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... present occafion is to be preferred to tenderness ; the babe in her eye is faid to resemble Phaeton fo much , That heav'n the threat'ned world to fpare , Thought fit to drown him in her tears : Elfe might th ' ambitious nymph aspire ...
... present occafion is to be preferred to tenderness ; the babe in her eye is faid to resemble Phaeton fo much , That heav'n the threat'ned world to fpare , Thought fit to drown him in her tears : Elfe might th ' ambitious nymph aspire ...
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... present state of literature in this kingdom , has rendered it neceffary , to fubjoin a Latin translation of this beau- tiful and exalted paffage , which to be able to read in its original is no vulgar happiness . Take Take it therefore ...
... present state of literature in this kingdom , has rendered it neceffary , to fubjoin a Latin translation of this beau- tiful and exalted paffage , which to be able to read in its original is no vulgar happiness . Take Take it therefore ...
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