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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... human mind requires diversity to preferve the edge of attention , fo , to him , no kind of relaxation could have been more agreeable : and in his choice , he is juftified by the authority of the great Lord ' Coke - After making certain ...
... human mind requires diversity to preferve the edge of attention , fo , to him , no kind of relaxation could have been more agreeable : and in his choice , he is juftified by the authority of the great Lord ' Coke - After making certain ...
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... human nature , and therefore recommended the ftudy of hiftory . " I fhould read , faid he , in a very different manner now than when I had my early fit of reading , from 14 to 20. Then it was merely from the amusement the story afforded ...
... human nature , and therefore recommended the ftudy of hiftory . " I fhould read , faid he , in a very different manner now than when I had my early fit of reading , from 14 to 20. Then it was merely from the amusement the story afforded ...
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... human appetites , will allow that things in general eftimation , are not always valued because they are in themselves exquifite , but because they are fcarce and rare . If they are common , they in fome degree lofe their value , and ...
... human appetites , will allow that things in general eftimation , are not always valued because they are in themselves exquifite , but because they are fcarce and rare . If they are common , they in fome degree lofe their value , and ...
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... human faculties , fomewhat more critically ; as it will be of use hereafter , in the attempt to afcertain the nature and extent of our author's genius . It has been said that " judgment , when it goes " alone , is generally regulated ...
... human faculties , fomewhat more critically ; as it will be of use hereafter , in the attempt to afcertain the nature and extent of our author's genius . It has been said that " judgment , when it goes " alone , is generally regulated ...
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... never feen a picture , behold two portraits of the human figure , daubed upon a fign , of which the one was ma- nifeftly a better imitation of nature than the other , other , he would not fail to be delighted with 70 THE LIFE OF.
... never feen a picture , behold two portraits of the human figure , daubed upon a fign , of which the one was ma- nifeftly a better imitation of nature than the other , other , he would not fail to be delighted with 70 THE LIFE OF.
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