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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... should engage the reader to review his own opinions . Where he hath prefumed to differ from the most respectable authorities , he would be rather understood to propofe a doubt , than to offer a contradiction : he is not fo vain , o make ...
... should engage the reader to review his own opinions . Where he hath prefumed to differ from the most respectable authorities , he would be rather understood to propofe a doubt , than to offer a contradiction : he is not fo vain , o make ...
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... will afcribe them to a folicitude , which made him rather earneft to do juftice to the poet's merit , than to taife an admiration of his own judgment . Should : Should the following sheets , which have been the ADVERTISEMENT .
... will afcribe them to a folicitude , which made him rather earneft to do juftice to the poet's merit , than to taife an admiration of his own judgment . Should : Should the following sheets , which have been the ADVERTISEMENT .
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... Should the following sheets , which have been the fruit of a leisure vacation , be deemed by his graver friends , too foreign from the line of his profeffion ; he hath only to answer , that as the nature of the human mind requires ...
... Should the following sheets , which have been the fruit of a leisure vacation , be deemed by his graver friends , too foreign from the line of his profeffion ; he hath only to answer , that as the nature of the human mind requires ...
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... should certainly have made it his principal ftudy , had not the moral and intel- lectual characters of the players of his time , fo different from that of Betterton , always deterred him from putting his defign in execu- tion . And ...
... should certainly have made it his principal ftudy , had not the moral and intel- lectual characters of the players of his time , fo different from that of Betterton , always deterred him from putting his defign in execu- tion . And ...
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... should not be " found a single rural image that is new . " " As the effayift , in the course of his criticisms , fre- quently objects a barrennefs of invention to Mr. POPE , it is to be wished that he had previously defined what ...
... should not be " found a single rural image that is new . " " As the effayift , in the course of his criticisms , fre- quently objects a barrennefs of invention to Mr. POPE , it is to be wished that he had previously defined what ...
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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