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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... character of himself , and of his writings ; and the hiftory of the author and of the man are fo intimately blended , that they ferve to illuftrate each other : fince , to an accu- rate obferver , the temper and morals of a writer ...
... character of himself , and of his writings ; and the hiftory of the author and of the man are fo intimately blended , that they ferve to illuftrate each other : fince , to an accu- rate obferver , the temper and morals of a writer ...
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... character will be particularly exemplified in all its various relations and this part of the defign will be of the most general ufe ; for though , to many , the account of the author may be most entertaining , yet the hi- ftory of the ...
... character will be particularly exemplified in all its various relations and this part of the defign will be of the most general ufe ; for though , to many , the account of the author may be most entertaining , yet the hi- ftory of the ...
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... character , for the io.lowing fhort account of his genealogy . His father , whofe Chriftian name was like- wife Alexander , was a confiderable merchant , and a diftant relation to the Earl of Downe , whofe fole heirefs married the Earl ...
... character , for the io.lowing fhort account of his genealogy . His father , whofe Chriftian name was like- wife Alexander , was a confiderable merchant , and a diftant relation to the Earl of Downe , whofe fole heirefs married the Earl ...
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... character of Ajax . The dreffes of the actors were all modelled after the fashion of the prints in his favourite Ogilby , which , as fome have remarked , formed the chief merit of that book , they having been , defigned and engraved by ...
... character of Ajax . The dreffes of the actors were all modelled after the fashion of the prints in his favourite Ogilby , which , as fome have remarked , formed the chief merit of that book , they having been , defigned and engraved by ...
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... character of each author ; he mastered those parts of philofophy and hiftory * , which mostly contributed to enrich the ftore of fentiment : Qur author , in his riper years , ufed to fay , that the true ufe of reading was not to know ...
... character of each author ; he mastered those parts of philofophy and hiftory * , which mostly contributed to enrich the ftore of fentiment : Qur author , in his riper years , ufed to fay , that the true ufe of reading was not to know ...
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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