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... these supposed admirers , those who appear such out of fashion , and not of feeling ? SWIFT's rhapfody on poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble ode to lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and ...
... these supposed admirers , those who appear such out of fashion , and not of feeling ? SWIFT's rhapfody on poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble ode to lord Huntingdon . The EPISTLES on the Characters of men and women , and ...
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Joseph Warton. 9 Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these fatires , you would indeed have gained the title of a man of wit , and a man of fense ; but , I am confi- dent , would not infift on being deno- minated a POET , MERELY on ...
Joseph Warton. 9 Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these fatires , you would indeed have gained the title of a man of wit , and a man of fense ; but , I am confi- dent , would not infift on being deno- minated a POET , MERELY on ...
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... be ranked , such as poffeffed the true 2 , poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . 1 At At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , DEDICATION . xi.
... be ranked , such as poffeffed the true 2 , poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . 1 At At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , DEDICATION . xi.
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Joseph Warton. At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , ADDISON , COWLEY , Waller , GARTH , FENTON , GAY , DENHAM , PARNELL . In the third Clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant ... these claffes POPE deferves to xii DEDICATION .
Joseph Warton. At the head of these are DRYDEN , PRIOR , ADDISON , COWLEY , Waller , GARTH , FENTON , GAY , DENHAM , PARNELL . In the third Clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant ... these claffes POPE deferves to xii DEDICATION .
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Joseph Warton. thors . In which of these claffes POPE deferves to be placed , the following work is intended to determine . 1756 . I am , DEAR SIR , Your affectionate And faithful fervant . Advertisement . HENEVER a quotation is made in ...
Joseph Warton. thors . In which of these claffes POPE deferves to be placed , the following work is intended to determine . 1756 . I am , DEAR SIR , Your affectionate And faithful fervant . Advertisement . HENEVER a quotation is made in ...
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