An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... POETS . T HE first dawnings of polite lite- rature in Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this species of compo- sition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and ...
... POETS . T HE first dawnings of polite lite- rature in Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this species of compo- sition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and ...
Pagina 9
... poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ; but swept , like a drag - net , great and small . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ; whole pyra- mids of sweet ...
... poets is funk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any Conceit that came in his way ; but swept , like a drag - net , great and small . There was plenty enough , but the dishes were ill - forted ; whole pyra- mids of sweet ...
Pagina 12
... poems ; and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat- * The falling off of his hair , said a man of wit , had no other consequence , than to make his laurels to be seen the A person who ...
... poems ; and the reader must not think any obfervations on the character of Dryden , the constant pat- * The falling off of his hair , said a man of wit , had no other consequence , than to make his laurels to be seen the A person who ...
Pagina 15
... poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country defolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a forest wide and bare ; Where neither beast nor human kind repair ; The fowl , that scent ...
... poem equally excellent . The temple of Mars , is situated with propriety , in a country defolate and joyless ; all around it , The landscape was a forest wide and bare ; Where neither beast nor human kind repair ; The fowl , that scent ...
Pagina 23
... poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHÆDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of just thinking : and writing . Succeeding authors ...
... poets who are unexceptionably excellent ; namely , TERENCE , LUCRETIUS , CATUL- LUS , VIRGIL , HORACE , TIBULLUS , PRO- PERTIUS , PHÆDRUS . These only can be called legitimate models of just thinking : and writing . Succeeding authors ...
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