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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... affected by a hiftory , which might tend to enlarge the fund of useful knowledge . It is nevertheless of more general importance to be acquainted with what , in fome degree , concerns men of every rank , than with that which can only be ...
... affected by a hiftory , which might tend to enlarge the fund of useful knowledge . It is nevertheless of more general importance to be acquainted with what , in fome degree , concerns men of every rank , than with that which can only be ...
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... affected by the delicacy and ten- derness of these fentiments , as well as charmed by the force and propriety of the epithets , and the elegance and harmony of the numbers , it The next piece which falls under confideration , is the ...
... affected by the delicacy and ten- derness of these fentiments , as well as charmed by the force and propriety of the epithets , and the elegance and harmony of the numbers , it The next piece which falls under confideration , is the ...
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... affects our hearts " Is not th ' exactness of peculiar parts ; " Tis not a lip , or eye , we beauty call , " But the joint force and full refult of all . " Thus when we view fome well - proportion'd " dome ; " ( The world's just wonder ...
... affects our hearts " Is not th ' exactness of peculiar parts ; " Tis not a lip , or eye , we beauty call , " But the joint force and full refult of all . " Thus when we view fome well - proportion'd " dome ; " ( The world's just wonder ...
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... affected , than even that of his cotemporaries . " How the effayift can reconcile the grace and cafe which he admits , with the affectation which he objects to him , I own I am at a lofs to conceive . Indeed the effayift obferves , with ...
... affected , than even that of his cotemporaries . " How the effayift can reconcile the grace and cafe which he admits , with the affectation which he objects to him , I own I am at a lofs to conceive . Indeed the effayift obferves , with ...
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... affecting . " But thou , falfe Guardian of a charge too " good , " Thou , mean deferter of thy brother's blood ! " See on thefe ruby lips the trembling breath , " Thefe cheeks now fading at the blaft of " death . " Then follows a fudden ...
... affecting . " But thou , falfe Guardian of a charge too " good , " Thou , mean deferter of thy brother's blood ! " See on thefe ruby lips the trembling breath , " Thefe cheeks now fading at the blaft of " death . " Then follows a fudden ...
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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