An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 57
... excellent pieces of this kind . We may 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 ...
... excellent pieces of this kind . We may 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 ...
Page 60
... excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and agreeably in that fcience , from any one head . I confefs in fome places I was forced to read twice ; I believe I told you before what the faid to me on that occa- Duke of D- fion ...
... excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and agreeably in that fcience , from any one head . I confefs in fome places I was forced to read twice ; I believe I told you before what the faid to me on that occa- Duke of D- fion ...
Page 160
... excellent writer , the feverest treatment of flaves and malefactors , damnare ad metalla , to force them to dig in the mines : now this is the covetous man's lot , from which he is never to expect a release . " And the character of ...
... excellent writer , the feverest treatment of flaves and malefactors , damnare ad metalla , to force them to dig in the mines : now this is the covetous man's lot , from which he is never to expect a release . " And the character of ...
Page 178
... excellent moralift in the fore- going epiftles , in this excellent a connoiffeur * , appears to be as and has given not only fome of our first , but our best rules and obfervations on architecture and gar- dening , but particularly on ...
... excellent moralift in the fore- going epiftles , in this excellent a connoiffeur * , appears to be as and has given not only fome of our first , but our best rules and obfervations on architecture and gar- dening , but particularly on ...
Page 190
Joseph Warton. defigned to cenfure . POPE caught an aver- fion to this excellent man from BOLING- BROKE , who hated CLARKE , not only be- cause he had written a book , which this declamatory philofopher could not con- fute , but because ...
Joseph Warton. defigned to cenfure . POPE caught an aver- fion to this excellent man from BOLING- BROKE , who hated CLARKE , not only be- cause he had written a book , which this declamatory philofopher could not con- fute , but because ...
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