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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... excellent preface before his works . " I con- fefs , " fays he , " there was a time when I was in love with myfelf , and my first productions were the children of felf - love upon innocence . I had made an epic poem , and panegyrics on ...
... excellent preface before his works . " I con- fefs , " fays he , " there was a time when I was in love with myfelf , and my first productions were the children of felf - love upon innocence . I had made an epic poem , and panegyrics on ...
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... excellent difcourfe prefixed to these paftorals , he concludes with the following declaration . " But after all , if they have any merit , it is to " be attributed to fome good old authors , whose " works as I had leisure to study , fo ...
... excellent difcourfe prefixed to these paftorals , he concludes with the following declaration . " But after all , if they have any merit , it is to " be attributed to fome good old authors , whose " works as I had leisure to study , fo ...
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... excellent verfion of my Ejay ; I " fhould not only appear the beft writer in the " world , but what I much more defire to be " thought , the most your fervant of any man " living . ' Tis an advantage , very rarely known , " to receive ...
... excellent verfion of my Ejay ; I " fhould not only appear the beft writer in the " world , but what I much more defire to be " thought , the most your fervant of any man " living . ' Tis an advantage , very rarely known , " to receive ...
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... excellent of all heroi - comic compofitions . ap But to have a perfect relish for this excellent piece of raillery , it will be neceffary to be prized of the following anecdotes , which gave rife to it . Mr. Caryl ( a gentleman who was ...
... excellent of all heroi - comic compofitions . ap But to have a perfect relish for this excellent piece of raillery , it will be neceffary to be prized of the following anecdotes , which gave rife to it . Mr. Caryl ( a gentleman who was ...
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... excellent good sense , fraught with fuch useful moral , and expreffed with fuch harmony of numbers , that no reader of fenti- ment and tafte will think the following quota- tion too long . Say , Say , why are Beauties prais'd and honour ...
... excellent good sense , fraught with fuch useful moral , and expreffed with fuch harmony of numbers , that no reader of fenti- ment and tafte will think the following quota- tion too long . Say , Say , why are Beauties prais'd and honour ...
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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