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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... judgment , than to be confcious of the defpicable infincerity of feigning a conviction , which he does not feel . 10 To fome , perhaps , the extracts will appear too copious , and he once entertained thoughts of referring to the ...
... judgment , than to be confcious of the defpicable infincerity of feigning a conviction , which he does not feel . 10 To fome , perhaps , the extracts will appear too copious , and he once entertained thoughts of referring to the ...
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... candid reader will afcribe them to a folicitude , which made him rather earneft to do juftice to the poet's merit , than to taife an admiration of his own judgment . Should : Should the following sheets , which have been the ADVERTISEMENT .
... candid reader will afcribe them to a folicitude , which made him rather earneft to do juftice to the poet's merit , than to taife an admiration of his own judgment . Should : Should the following sheets , which have been the ADVERTISEMENT .
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... judgment or caprice of fome fashionable and over - ruling critic , often mifleads the herd , When a falfe judgment is once established , it is not eafily fubverted . They , adhere moft per- tinaciously to their opinions , who build them ...
... judgment or caprice of fome fashionable and over - ruling critic , often mifleads the herd , When a falfe judgment is once established , it is not eafily fubverted . They , adhere moft per- tinaciously to their opinions , who build them ...
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... judgment right . There have been fome , however , in the learn- ed world , whofe merit ftands on fo fair and firm a bafis , as not to need the prop of par- tiality to fupport it , or to be in danger of being . fhaken or undermined by ...
... judgment right . There have been fome , however , in the learn- ed world , whofe merit ftands on fo fair and firm a bafis , as not to need the prop of par- tiality to fupport it , or to be in danger of being . fhaken or undermined by ...
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... judgment only ) his indifference at laft ended in averfion . In a word , his early ftudies were confined to poetry , and the Belles Lettres * . But ftill , as he affures us , he read without any design but that of pleasing himself . He ...
... judgment only ) his indifference at laft ended in averfion . In a word , his early ftudies were confined to poetry , and the Belles Lettres * . But ftill , as he affures us , he read without any design but that of pleasing himself . He ...
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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