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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... heart- felt pleafures of felf - commendation . To be proud of the gifts of nature , is a prepofterous vanity . Our improvements only , are what we can properly call our own , and which afford the moft rational ground of inward approba ...
... heart- felt pleafures of felf - commendation . To be proud of the gifts of nature , is a prepofterous vanity . Our improvements only , are what we can properly call our own , and which afford the moft rational ground of inward approba ...
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... heart . With what little juftice attempts have been made to depreciate either the one or the other , will be examined in the courfe of the following fheets ; and as an admiration of his genius fhall not pervert the juftice of criticifm ...
... heart . With what little juftice attempts have been made to depreciate either the one or the other , will be examined in the courfe of the following fheets ; and as an admiration of his genius fhall not pervert the juftice of criticifm ...
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... heart , and as thy birth obfcure , " fell from a like courtly pen , in certain verses to the imita- tor of Horace . - Our author , by way of refutation of thefe mean falfehoods , was tempted to publish the account of his genealogy which ...
... heart , and as thy birth obfcure , " fell from a like courtly pen , in certain verses to the imita- tor of Horace . - Our author , by way of refutation of thefe mean falfehoods , was tempted to publish the account of his genealogy which ...
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... in ev'ry plant that grew , " And ev'ry herb that drinks the morning dew ; " Ah ! wretched fhepherd , what avails thy art To cure thy lambs , but not to heal thy heart . " death death of Daphne affords a new image , and the 32 THE LIFE OF.
... in ev'ry plant that grew , " And ev'ry herb that drinks the morning dew ; " Ah ! wretched fhepherd , what avails thy art To cure thy lambs , but not to heal thy heart . " death death of Daphne affords a new image , and the 32 THE LIFE OF.
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... heart now melts , now leaps , now burns , " With rev'rence , hope , and love . " A mind endued with the leaft fenfibility , can- not fail of being affected by the delicacy and ten- derness of these fentiments , as well as charmed by the ...
... heart now melts , now leaps , now burns , " With rev'rence , hope , and love . " A mind endued with the leaft fenfibility , can- not fail of being affected by the delicacy and ten- derness of these fentiments , as well as charmed by the ...
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