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Joseph Warton. Advertisement . HENEVER a quotation is made in WHEN the French language , through- out the following remarks , the author defires to be understood , that he is far from thinking the use of that lan- guage any particular ...
Joseph Warton. Advertisement . HENEVER a quotation is made in WHEN the French language , through- out the following remarks , the author defires to be understood , that he is far from thinking the use of that lan- guage any particular ...
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Joseph Warton. gil , and Spenfer , are indeed here exhibited in language equally mellifluous and pure ; but the descriptions and fentiments are trite and common . THAT the design of pastoral poefy is , to represent the undisturbed ...
Joseph Warton. gil , and Spenfer , are indeed here exhibited in language equally mellifluous and pure ; but the descriptions and fentiments are trite and common . THAT the design of pastoral poefy is , to represent the undisturbed ...
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... languages , abounding in monofyllables , and with which Lully accompanied thefe words , erected the hair of their heads with horror . The opinion of Boileau concerning mufic is remarkable ; he afferts , qu'on ne peut jamais faire un bon ...
... languages , abounding in monofyllables , and with which Lully accompanied thefe words , erected the hair of their heads with horror . The opinion of Boileau concerning mufic is remarkable ; he afferts , qu'on ne peut jamais faire un bon ...
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... language itself , as well as all others , muit yield to the unparallelled sweet- nefs and copiousness of the Greek . Tanto eft fermo græcus latino jucundior , fays Quin- tilian , ut noftri poetæ , quoties dulce carmen effe voluerunt ...
... language itself , as well as all others , muit yield to the unparallelled sweet- nefs and copiousness of the Greek . Tanto eft fermo græcus latino jucundior , fays Quin- tilian , ut noftri poetæ , quoties dulce carmen effe voluerunt ...
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... language , which was at that time unknown in Italy , by Barlaham , a learned monk of Calabria ; which country having been a colony of Greeks , retained fome traces of their tongue . Soon afterwards Boc- cace learned Greek of Leontius ...
... language , which was at that time unknown in Italy , by Barlaham , a learned monk of Calabria ; which country having been a colony of Greeks , retained fome traces of their tongue . Soon afterwards Boc- cace learned Greek of Leontius ...
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