An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... fo full , fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE digreffion that defcribes the demoli* See particularly , ver . 151 . tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror , tion 20 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... fo full , fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE digreffion that defcribes the demoli* See particularly , ver . 151 . tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror , tion 20 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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Joseph Warton. tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror , is well imagined ; particularly , Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd , O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obfcene to gaping tombs retires ...
Joseph Warton. tion of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror , is well imagined ; particularly , Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd , O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obfcene to gaping tombs retires ...
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... different kinds were capital pieces , and were painted in fresco , oppofite each other , to eternize , as it were , their rivalihip and contention . Guido , faid Carrache , has performed as a tion AND GENIUS OF POPE . 85.
... different kinds were capital pieces , and were painted in fresco , oppofite each other , to eternize , as it were , their rivalihip and contention . Guido , faid Carrache , has performed as a tion AND GENIUS OF POPE . 85.
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Joseph Warton. tion . Guido , faid Carrache , has performed as a master , and Domenichino as a scholar . But , added he , the worth of the fcholar is more valuable than that of the mafter . In truth , one may perceive faults in the ...
Joseph Warton. tion . Guido , faid Carrache , has performed as a master , and Domenichino as a scholar . But , added he , the worth of the fcholar is more valuable than that of the mafter . In truth , one may perceive faults in the ...
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... tion ; without much enquiry , whether his performances were not yet fufceptible of " improvement . The excellencies and the " faults of celebrated writers have been ( c equally recommended to posterity ; and fo " far has blind reverence ...
... tion ; without much enquiry , whether his performances were not yet fufceptible of " improvement . The excellencies and the " faults of celebrated writers have been ( c equally recommended to posterity ; and fo " far has blind reverence ...
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