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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... image that is new . " " As the effayift , in the course of his criticisms , fre- quently objects a barrennefs of invention to Mr. POPE , it is to be wished that he had previously defined what invention is , or at least what he intended ...
... image that is new . " " As the effayift , in the course of his criticisms , fre- quently objects a barrennefs of invention to Mr. POPE , it is to be wished that he had previously defined what invention is , or at least what he intended ...
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... image in thefe paftorals that is new , it is no more than what our poet himself premises , with that candor and modesty which is ever attendant on genuine merit . For in his excellent difcourfe ... images in ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 31.
... image in thefe paftorals that is new , it is no more than what our poet himself premises , with that candor and modesty which is ever attendant on genuine merit . For in his excellent difcourfe ... images in ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 31.
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... images in these paftorals are not frequent , yet in truth , it is too much to fay , that they do not afford a fingle image that is new . Let any reader of fenfibility attend to the following lines in the second paftoral , where the poet ...
... images in these paftorals are not frequent , yet in truth , it is too much to fay , that they do not afford a fingle image that is new . Let any reader of fenfibility attend to the following lines in the second paftoral , where the poet ...
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... image , and the perfonification has a fine effect . " The balmy zephyrs , filent fince her death , " Lament the ceafing ... images in Eve's fpeech to Adam ; which are thus recapitulated : " But neither breath of morn , when the afcends ...
... image , and the perfonification has a fine effect . " The balmy zephyrs , filent fince her death , " Lament the ceafing ... images in Eve's fpeech to Adam ; which are thus recapitulated : " But neither breath of morn , when the afcends ...
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... images . He may range throughout the univerfe , and is not always , as Addifon remarks , ftrictly bound by the laws of nature ; much less * Idyll . 1. v . 145 . reftrained reftrained in his descriptions to the produce of particular ...
... images . He may range throughout the univerfe , and is not always , as Addifon remarks , ftrictly bound by the laws of nature ; much less * Idyll . 1. v . 145 . reftrained reftrained in his descriptions to the produce of particular ...
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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