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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... likewife will be occafionally produced from his unpublished letters , of the ftrict correspondence between his public and private fentiments . Such ftrict 00 THE LIFE OF fhall a regard for his virtues, be an inducement ...
... likewife will be occafionally produced from his unpublished letters , of the ftrict correspondence between his public and private fentiments . Such ftrict 00 THE LIFE OF fhall a regard for his virtues, be an inducement ...
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... Such a comparison , it is apprehended , will be of fingular benefit ; for a reader cannot fail to receive additional delight and profit , when he is convinced of the fince- rity of the writer's fentiments : which cannot be better ...
... Such a comparison , it is apprehended , will be of fingular benefit ; for a reader cannot fail to receive additional delight and profit , when he is convinced of the fince- rity of the writer's fentiments : which cannot be better ...
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... such hands , as may render them reputable to the one , and bene- ficial to the other . Befides the public acquaintance I long had with that poor man , I alfo had a flender knowledge of his parts and capacity by private converfation ...
... such hands , as may render them reputable to the one , and bene- ficial to the other . Befides the public acquaintance I long had with that poor man , I alfo had a flender knowledge of his parts and capacity by private converfation ...
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... such devastation , which he be- wails with amiable fenfibility . " In vain kind feafons fwell'd the teeming grain , " Soft fhow'rs diftill'd , and funs grew warm “ in vain ; " The fwain with tears his fruftrate labour " yields , " And ...
... such devastation , which he be- wails with amiable fenfibility . " In vain kind feafons fwell'd the teeming grain , " Soft fhow'rs diftill'd , and funs grew warm “ in vain ; " The fwain with tears his fruftrate labour " yields , " And ...
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... Such as write with the court - like eafe which Mr. POPE fpeaks of , are moft apt to fall into a confufion of metaphors . It is not the correctnefs and accuracy , but the fancy and ease of Petronius , which our poet commends , and which ...
... Such as write with the court - like eafe which Mr. POPE fpeaks of , are moft apt to fall into a confufion of metaphors . It is not the correctnefs and accuracy , but the fancy and ease of Petronius , which our poet commends , and which ...
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