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... was the greatest wit , tho ' not the great- of this nation . Fontenelle and eft poet La Motte are entitled to the former cha- racter ; but what can they urge to gain the the latter ? Which of thefe characters is the most iv DEDICATION .
... was the greatest wit , tho ' not the great- of this nation . Fontenelle and eft poet La Motte are entitled to the former cha- racter ; but what can they urge to gain the the latter ? Which of thefe characters is the most iv DEDICATION .
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Joseph Warton. the latter ? Which of thefe characters is the most valuable and useful , is entirely out of the ... character , which fo few poffefs , and of which so few can properly judge . A 3 FOR FOR One person who can adequate ...
Joseph Warton. the latter ? Which of thefe characters is the most valuable and useful , is entirely out of the ... character , which fo few poffefs , and of which so few can properly judge . A 3 FOR FOR One person who can adequate ...
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... Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and Il Penfe- 9 Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these vi DEDICATION . " ·
... Characters of men and women , and your sprightly fatires , my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L'Allegro and Il Penfe- 9 Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these vi DEDICATION . " ·
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... character and merits of our laft great poet , Mr. POPE . I have therefore thought , that it would be no unpleafing amufement , or uninftructive employment to examine at large , without blind panegyric , or petulant invective , the ...
... character and merits of our laft great poet , Mr. POPE . I have therefore thought , that it would be no unpleafing amufement , or uninftructive employment to examine at large , without blind panegyric , or petulant invective , the ...
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... character of a British fhepherd : and Theocritus , during the ardors of Sirius , must have heard the murmurings of a brook , and the whispers of a pine * , with more home- felt pleasure , than POPE † could poffibly ex- perience upon the ...
... character of a British fhepherd : and Theocritus , during the ardors of Sirius , must have heard the murmurings of a brook , and the whispers of a pine * , with more home- felt pleasure , than POPE † could poffibly ex- perience upon the ...
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