An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the po- pular stories of every nation , we should be amazed to find how few circumstances have * Machiavel , who poffefsed the liveliest wit with the pro- foundest ...
... most difficult work of invention ; and if we were minutely to examine the po- pular stories of every nation , we should be amazed to find how few circumstances have * Machiavel , who poffefsed the liveliest wit with the pro- foundest ...
Pagina 4
... most ap- plauded plays , both in tragedy and comedy , may witness , which have generally been taken from the novels of the Italians and Spaniards . THE story of JANUARY and MAY now before us , is of the comic kind , and the character of ...
... most ap- plauded plays , both in tragedy and comedy , may witness , which have generally been taken from the novels of the Italians and Spaniards . THE story of JANUARY and MAY now before us , is of the comic kind , and the character of ...
Pagina 8
... most numerous and sweet , the most mellow and generous , of any our language has yet produced . His digressions and ramblings , which he himself says he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interesting and amusing . In this preface is a ...
... most numerous and sweet , the most mellow and generous , of any our language has yet produced . His digressions and ramblings , which he himself says he learned of honeft Montaigne , are interesting and amusing . In this preface is a ...
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... most serious stories . " It is a curious thing to fee at the head of an edition of Boccace's tales , printed at Florence in 1573 , a privilege of Gregory XIII . who says , that in this he follows the steps of Pius V. his predeceffor ...
... most serious stories . " It is a curious thing to fee at the head of an edition of Boccace's tales , printed at Florence in 1573 , a privilege of Gregory XIII . who says , that in this he follows the steps of Pius V. his predeceffor ...
Pagina 19
Joseph Warton. and I place them last , as I think them the most lofty of any part of Dryden's works . Whilst lift'ning to ... most un- rivalled : C2 rivalled of his compositions . By that strange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19.
Joseph Warton. and I place them last , as I think them the most lofty of any part of Dryden's works . Whilst lift'ning to ... most un- rivalled : C2 rivalled of his compositions . By that strange fatality which AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 19.
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