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Pagina 23
... Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and forty- feven years ; and if I might venture to pro- nounce so rigorous a sentence , I would say , that the Romans can boast of but eight poets who are ...
... Lucretius , to that of Statius , was no more than about one hundred and forty- feven years ; and if I might venture to pro- nounce so rigorous a sentence , I would say , that the Romans can boast of but eight poets who are ...
Pagina 59
... Lucretius ; the latter , with all his vigour and fublimity of genius , could hardly fatisfy and come up to the grandeur of his theme . POPE labours under the fame difficulty . If any beauty in this Effay be uncommonly tran- fcendent and ...
... Lucretius ; the latter , with all his vigour and fublimity of genius , could hardly fatisfy and come up to the grandeur of his theme . POPE labours under the fame difficulty . If any beauty in this Effay be uncommonly tran- fcendent and ...
Pagina 93
... Lucretius proposes this objection , are as unphilofo- phical and inconclufive , as they are highly pathetic and poetical . Tum porrò puer , ut fævis projectus ab undis Navita , nudus humi jacet , infans , indigus omni Vitali auxilio ...
... Lucretius proposes this objection , are as unphilofo- phical and inconclufive , as they are highly pathetic and poetical . Tum porrò puer , ut fævis projectus ab undis Navita , nudus humi jacet , infans , indigus omni Vitali auxilio ...
Pagina 101
... . Man walk'd with beast , joint tenant of the shade t . + Ver . 152 . ⚫ Ver . 99 . H 3 LUCRE- LUCRETIUS , agreeably to his uncom- fortable system , has AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 101 more attentive than we are to felf-prefer- ...
... . Man walk'd with beast , joint tenant of the shade t . + Ver . 152 . ⚫ Ver . 99 . H 3 LUCRE- LUCRETIUS , agreeably to his uncom- fortable system , has AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 101 more attentive than we are to felf-prefer- ...
Pagina 102
Joseph Warton. LUCRETIUS , agreeably to his uncom- fortable system , has presented us with a different , and more horrid picture of this ftate of nature . The calamitous condition of man is exhibited by images of much energy , and ...
Joseph Warton. LUCRETIUS , agreeably to his uncom- fortable system , has presented us with a different , and more horrid picture of this ftate of nature . The calamitous condition of man is exhibited by images of much energy , and ...
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