An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Joseph Warton. when his CID appeared . Defpreaux was full thirty when he published his fatires , fuch as we now have them ; Moliere was full forty when he wrote the first of thofe comedies , on which his reputation is founded . But to ...
Joseph Warton. when his CID appeared . Defpreaux was full thirty when he published his fatires , fuch as we now have them ; Moliere was full forty when he wrote the first of thofe comedies , on which his reputation is founded . But to ...
Page 108
... published for his own bene- fit , by a fubfcription fo large , that it does honour to this king- dom . Mr. Warburton informs us , that he fold it to Lintot the bookfeller , on the following terms , twelve hundred pounds paid down , and ...
... published for his own bene- fit , by a fubfcription fo large , that it does honour to this king- dom . Mr. Warburton informs us , that he fold it to Lintot the bookfeller , on the following terms , twelve hundred pounds paid down , and ...
Page 120
... published before the world was bleffed with the First Philosophy . " He who " pretends to difcufs the fentiments of Pythagoras , Plato , " Aristotle , or any one of the ancient philosophers , or even to " cite and translate him ...
... published before the world was bleffed with the First Philosophy . " He who " pretends to difcufs the fentiments of Pythagoras , Plato , " Aristotle , or any one of the ancient philosophers , or even to " cite and translate him ...
Page 141
... published when Dr. Warburton delivered this infinuation of a failure of poetical abilities . 16. So pleas'd at firft the towring Alps we try , Mount o'er the vales , and seem to tread the sky , Th ' eternal fnows appear already past ...
... published when Dr. Warburton delivered this infinuation of a failure of poetical abilities . 16. So pleas'd at firft the towring Alps we try , Mount o'er the vales , and seem to tread the sky , Th ' eternal fnows appear already past ...
Page 148
... published , entitled AMYNTOR and THEO- DORA . The following inftance may be al- leged amongst many others . Amyntor hav- ing a pathetic tale to discover , and being at a lofs for utterance , uses these ornamental and unnatural images ...
... published , entitled AMYNTOR and THEO- DORA . The following inftance may be al- leged amongst many others . Amyntor hav- ing a pathetic tale to discover , and being at a lofs for utterance , uses these ornamental and unnatural images ...
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