An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Band 1J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1772 - 344 Seiten |
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... Dryden fays of Donne ; He was the greatest wit , tho ' not the great- of this nation . Fontenelle and eft poet La Motte are entitled to the former cha- racter ; but what can they urge to gain the the latter ? Which of thefe characters ...
... Dryden fays of Donne ; He was the greatest wit , tho ' not the great- of this nation . Fontenelle and eft poet La Motte are entitled to the former cha- racter ; but what can they urge to gain the the latter ? Which of thefe characters ...
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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 taste , and lively fancy in describing familiar ...
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 taste , and lively fancy in describing familiar ...
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... Dryden . * I REMEMBER to have been informed , by an intimate friend of POPE , that he had once laid a defign . of writing AMERICAN ECLOGUES : ECLOGUES : The fubject would have been fruitful of the 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... Dryden . * I REMEMBER to have been informed , by an intimate friend of POPE , that he had once laid a defign . of writing AMERICAN ECLOGUES : ECLOGUES : The fubject would have been fruitful of the 10 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... Dryden had finished a translation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after so great a master ; he might have faid with more propriety , I will not write a mufic- ode * after Alexander's Feaft , which the * He wrote this Qde ...
... Dryden had finished a translation of the Iliad , he would not have attempted one after so great a master ; he might have faid with more propriety , I will not write a mufic- ode * after Alexander's Feaft , which the * He wrote this Qde ...
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