The Life of Alexander Pope: Esq. Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius. By Owen Ruffhead, EsqC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, [and 8 others in London], 1769 - Electronic books - 578 pages |
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... sense . " If once right reafon drives that cloud away , " Truth breaks upon us with refiftless day . " Truft not yourfelf ; but your defects to know , " Make use of ev'ry friend --- and ev'ry foe . " The fimile here employed to fhew the ...
... sense . " If once right reafon drives that cloud away , " Truth breaks upon us with refiftless day . " Truft not yourfelf ; but your defects to know , " Make use of ev'ry friend --- and ev'ry foe . " The fimile here employed to fhew the ...
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... sense ; which precept he illuftrates by feveral examples of fmoothness , roughness , flowness , and rapidity . I cannot help thinking , that upon the whole , there is great merit in the following exempli- fications ; though I am free to ...
... sense ; which precept he illuftrates by feveral examples of fmoothness , roughness , flowness , and rapidity . I cannot help thinking , that upon the whole , there is great merit in the following exempli- fications ; though I am free to ...
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... sense ; " And speak , though fure , with seeming diffi- " dence . " To make the truth palatable , it must like- wife be offered with good - breeding ; " Without Good - Breeding , truth is disapprov'd , " That only makes fuperior fenfe ...
... sense ; " And speak , though fure , with seeming diffi- " dence . " To make the truth palatable , it must like- wife be offered with good - breeding ; " Without Good - Breeding , truth is disapprov'd , " That only makes fuperior fenfe ...
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... sense , and taught me to understand . my own ; if I may call that my own , which " is indeed more properly your's .. Your verfes are no more a tranflation of mine , than Vir- $ 6 gil's are of Homer's ; but are like his , the " jufteft ...
... sense , and taught me to understand . my own ; if I may call that my own , which " is indeed more properly your's .. Your verfes are no more a tranflation of mine , than Vir- $ 6 gil's are of Homer's ; but are like his , the " jufteft ...
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... sense , fraught with fuch useful moral , and expreffed with fuch harmony of numbers , that no reader of fenti- ment and tafte will think the following quota- tion too long . Say , Say , why are Beauties prais'd and honour'd " moft ...
... sense , fraught with fuch useful moral , and expreffed with fuch harmony of numbers , that no reader of fenti- ment and tafte will think the following quota- tion too long . Say , Say , why are Beauties prais'd and honour'd " moft ...
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affure againſt anſwer beautiful becauſe beft beſt cafe cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplayed Dunciad Effay effayift efteemed epiftle ev'ry expreffed faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofed fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrated imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft laft laſt leaft lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's praiſe prefent preferve profe publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon refpect reft ridicule ſay ſeems ſpeak tafte thefe themſelves theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation Twickenham uſe verfe virtue whofe writings