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Excerpt from Ensaio Sobre A Critica de Alexandre Pope
Voltaire fallando em huma carta, desta Obra, e do Roubo do Anel diz assim: Proponho man dar - vos hum, _ou dous Poemas de Pope, o melhor Poeta de Inglaterra, e hoje de todo o Mundo. Creio que sabeis bastantemente a lingoa Ingle zapara conhecer todas as bellezas das suas obras. Quanto a mim reputo 0 Ensaio sobre (1, Critica co mo superior a Arte Poetica de Horacio e o.. Roubo do Anel he na minha opiniao melhor do que o Lu trin de Boileau. Nunca vi huma imaginacao tao ale gre, gracas tao doces, tanta variedade, tanto espiri to, e tanto conhecimento do mundo, 'como nesta peque na obra. O mesmo Voltaire alem de elogio, que faz.
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