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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... speak of them with pleasure . He did not remain long , however , under the tuition of the prieft ; he was fent from him , in a little time , to a private fchool at Twiford near Winchefter . Neither did he continue there any confiderable ...
... speak of them with pleasure . He did not remain long , however , under the tuition of the prieft ; he was fent from him , in a little time , to a private fchool at Twiford near Winchefter . Neither did he continue there any confiderable ...
Page 51
... speak- ing of old FATHER THAMES , the trite and ob- vious infignia of a river god are attributed to him , yet there is one circumftance in his ap- pearance highly picturesque , which is— " His fea - green mantle waving with the wind ...
... speak- ing of old FATHER THAMES , the trite and ob- vious infignia of a river god are attributed to him , yet there is one circumftance in his ap- pearance highly picturesque , which is— " His fea - green mantle waving with the wind ...
Page 92
... speak , let truth and candour shine . " The truth likewife must be communicated with modefty ---- " Be filent always , when you doubt your sense ; " And speak , though fure , with seeming diffi- " dence . " To make the truth palatable ...
... speak , let truth and candour shine . " The truth likewife must be communicated with modefty ---- " Be filent always , when you doubt your sense ; " And speak , though fure , with seeming diffi- " dence . " To make the truth palatable ...
Page 94
... Petronius picafe , " The fcholar's learning , with the courtier's " cafe . " The Effayift remarks , that the chief merit of Petronius , is that of telling a ftory with grace and and ease : But the Poet is not here speaking 94 THE LIFE OF.
... Petronius picafe , " The fcholar's learning , with the courtier's " cafe . " The Effayift remarks , that the chief merit of Petronius , is that of telling a ftory with grace and and ease : But the Poet is not here speaking 94 THE LIFE OF.
Page 95
... speaking ( nor was it for his purpose to speak ) of the chief merit of Petronius , but in what his merit as a critic confifted , which was softening the art of a scholar with the eafy fancy of a courtier . And whoever reads and ...
... speaking ( nor was it for his purpose to speak ) of the chief merit of Petronius , but in what his merit as a critic confifted , which was softening the art of a scholar with the eafy fancy of a courtier . And whoever reads and ...
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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