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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... critic , often mifleads the herd , When a falfe judgment is once established , it is not eafily fubverted . They , adhere moft per- tinaciously to their opinions , who build them on the authority of others . Men in general are not ...
... critic , often mifleads the herd , When a falfe judgment is once established , it is not eafily fubverted . They , adhere moft per- tinaciously to their opinions , who build them on the authority of others . Men in general are not ...
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... critics in the Greek , Latin , French , Italian and English languages . About this time likewife , he made a tranflation of Tully de Senectute , a copy of which , it is faid , is preserved in Lord Oxford's library . In all this time ...
... critics in the Greek , Latin , French , Italian and English languages . About this time likewife , he made a tranflation of Tully de Senectute , a copy of which , it is faid , is preserved in Lord Oxford's library . In all this time ...
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... critic whom I shall shortly have occafion to mention , rarely refides in a cold phlegmatic conftitution . But his fickly ftate of health foon making him fenfible of fenfual ex- ceffes , he was early checked from giving way to thofe ...
... critic whom I shall shortly have occafion to mention , rarely refides in a cold phlegmatic conftitution . But his fickly ftate of health foon making him fenfible of fenfual ex- ceffes , he was early checked from giving way to thofe ...
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... critic would infinuate , that Mr. POPE's genius was confined , and that he was not mafter of a crea- tive and glowing imagination , the Acer fpiritus ac vis . " But the nature , force , and extent of his genius , will be beft determined ...
... critic would infinuate , that Mr. POPE's genius was confined , and that he was not mafter of a crea- tive and glowing imagination , the Acer fpiritus ac vis . " But the nature , force , and extent of his genius , will be beft determined ...
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... critic , being generally received in an ill fenfe , is become odious , because the office hath been abufed by half learned or en- vious witlings ; who have been curious to de- tect blemishes , forgetting the other and more pleafing task ...
... critic , being generally received in an ill fenfe , is become odious , because the office hath been abufed by half learned or en- vious witlings ; who have been curious to de- tect blemishes , forgetting the other and more pleafing task ...
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