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... and acute understanding , are not sufficient , alone , to make a poer ; that the
most solid observations on human life , expressed with the utmost elegance and
brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that the Epistles of Boileau in
RHYME ...
... and acute understanding , are not sufficient , alone , to make a poer ; that the
most solid observations on human life , expressed with the utmost elegance and
brevity , are MORALITY , and not POETRY ; that the Epistles of Boileau in
RHYME ...
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The EPISTLES on the Characters of Men and Women , and your sprightly Satires
, my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L ' Allegro and
Il Penseroso of Milton . Had you written only these Satires , you would , indeed ...
The EPISTLES on the Characters of Men and Women , and your sprightly Satires
, my good friend , are more frequently perused , and quoted , than L ' Allegro and
Il Penseroso of Milton . Had you written only these Satires , you would , indeed ...
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The ingenious Dr . Hurd hath also endeavoured to shew , that Horace observed a
strict method , and unity of design , in his Epistle to the Pisones ; and that ,
although the connexions are delicately fine , and almost imperceptible , like the
secret ...
The ingenious Dr . Hurd hath also endeavoured to shew , that Horace observed a
strict method , and unity of design , in his Epistle to the Pisones ; and that ,
although the connexions are delicately fine , and almost imperceptible , like the
secret ...
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Boileau , in his excellent Epistle to his Gardener at Anteuil , says . Mon maître ,
dirois - tu , passe pour un Docteur , Et parle quelquefois mieux qu ' un
Prédicateur . * It seems our † author and Racine returned one day in high spirits
from ...
Boileau , in his excellent Epistle to his Gardener at Anteuil , says . Mon maître ,
dirois - tu , passe pour un Docteur , Et parle quelquefois mieux qu ' un
Prédicateur . * It seems our † author and Racine returned one day in high spirits
from ...
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The vulgar notion , that Horace ' s Epistle to the Pisos contains a complete Art of
Poetry , is totally groundless ; it being solely confined to the state and defects of
the Roman drama . The transitions in the writings of Horace , are some of the
most ...
The vulgar notion , that Horace ' s Epistle to the Pisos contains a complete Art of
Poetry , is totally groundless ; it being solely confined to the state and defects of
the Roman drama . The transitions in the writings of Horace , are some of the
most ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... Volume 1 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton Volume 1 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope: In Two Volumes, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2006 |
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