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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... against his merit . So true is Moliere's obfervation- La vertu dans le monde eft toujours poursuivie , · Lex envieux mouront , mais non jamais l'envie . His towering fame however foon foared above the reach of thofe obfcure DUNCES , who ...
... against his merit . So true is Moliere's obfervation- La vertu dans le monde eft toujours poursuivie , · Lex envieux mouront , mais non jamais l'envie . His towering fame however foon foared above the reach of thofe obfcure DUNCES , who ...
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... against oppofition . Mr. POPE'S paffion for poetry was fo ftrong , that he often declared he began to write verfes earlier in life than he could call to memory ; and he says , in his Epifle to Dr. Arbuthnot : " I lifp'd in numbers , for ...
... against oppofition . Mr. POPE'S paffion for poetry was fo ftrong , that he often declared he began to write verfes earlier in life than he could call to memory ; and he says , in his Epifle to Dr. Arbuthnot : " I lifp'd in numbers , for ...
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... against him , as Juno does against Eneas : he is caft away , and twims to fhore , as Ulyffes did , to the island of Phracia . Among other propofals , which Betterton made him to write for the ftage , he ftrongly preffed him to turn this ...
... against him , as Juno does against Eneas : he is caft away , and twims to fhore , as Ulyffes did , to the island of Phracia . Among other propofals , which Betterton made him to write for the ftage , he ftrongly preffed him to turn this ...
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... against fome mifconftructions pre- fixed to that edition : and throughout the whole of this misunderstanding , Mr. POPE , though a youth , difplayed a most manifeft fuperiority . you wife men say , fhould be the last we receive : " For ...
... against fome mifconftructions pre- fixed to that edition : and throughout the whole of this misunderstanding , Mr. POPE , though a youth , difplayed a most manifeft fuperiority . you wife men say , fhould be the last we receive : " For ...
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... Against false wit , which is the most frequent cause of a perver- fion of judgment , he is particularly fevere . Some have at firft for Wits , then Poets past , " Turn'd Critics next , and prov'd plain fools " at laft . " Some neither ...
... Against false wit , which is the most frequent cause of a perver- fion of judgment , he is particularly fevere . Some have at firft for Wits , then Poets past , " Turn'd Critics next , and prov'd plain fools " at laft . " Some neither ...
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