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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... imagination . For true genius , as is well obferved by a 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 ...
... imagination . For true genius , as is well obferved by a 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 ...
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... imagination , the Acer fpiritus ac vis . " But the nature , force , and extent of his genius , will be beft determined by a progreffivè and candid examination of his feveral pieces , talents talents were congenial with his own , that he ...
... imagination , the Acer fpiritus ac vis . " But the nature , force , and extent of his genius , will be beft determined by a progreffivè and candid examination of his feveral pieces , talents talents were congenial with his own , that he ...
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... imagination to brighten and adorn good fense ; fo that to employ it only in defcription , is like childrens delighting in a prism for the fake of its gaudy colours , which when frugally managed and fkilfully difpofed , might be made to ...
... imagination to brighten and adorn good fense ; fo that to employ it only in defcription , is like childrens delighting in a prism for the fake of its gaudy colours , which when frugally managed and fkilfully difpofed , might be made to ...
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... imagination and elegance . The man of tafte feems at one glance , by a kind of intuition , to difcern what is beautiful and elegant ; and this has mifled many to imagine that tafte is a faculty diftinct from judgment . But , in truth ...
... imagination and elegance . The man of tafte feems at one glance , by a kind of intuition , to difcern what is beautiful and elegant ; and this has mifled many to imagine that tafte is a faculty diftinct from judgment . But , in truth ...
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... imagination play , " The memory's foft figures melt away . " One fcience only will one genius fit ; " So vaft is art , fo narrow human wit . " The poetry as well as the philofophy of this paffage , can fcarcely be too much admired . How ...
... imagination play , " The memory's foft figures melt away . " One fcience only will one genius fit ; " So vaft is art , fo narrow human wit . " The poetry as well as the philofophy of this paffage , can fcarcely be too much admired . How ...
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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