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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... likewise , has a confiderable fhare in the events , which render them celebrated . Nay , their very errors frequently , by ftrange and fortuitous occurrences , prove propitious to their fame . But when we peruse the lives of the learned ...
... likewise , has a confiderable fhare in the events , which render them celebrated . Nay , their very errors frequently , by ftrange and fortuitous occurrences , prove propitious to their fame . But when we peruse the lives of the learned ...
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... likewise read Sir William Temple's effays ; but when he met with any thing political in them , he owned that he had no manner of relish for * This dedication , though it contains many juft and fenfible remarks , is in general couched ...
... likewise read Sir William Temple's effays ; but when he met with any thing political in them , he owned that he had no manner of relish for * This dedication , though it contains many juft and fenfible remarks , is in general couched ...
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... d , " The yellow carp , in fcales bedrop'd with gold : " Swift trouts , diverfify'd with crimson stains , " And pykes , the tyrants of the watry plains . ' " " The The other sports likewise of setting , shoot- ing , 52 THE LIFE OF.
... d , " The yellow carp , in fcales bedrop'd with gold : " Swift trouts , diverfify'd with crimson stains , " And pykes , the tyrants of the watry plains . ' " " The The other sports likewise of setting , shoot- ing , 52 THE LIFE OF.
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... likewise of setting , shoot- ing , and hunting are defcribed with great beauty . The following lines are finely defcriptive , and at the fame time pathetic . After having de- fcribed a pheasant shot , he gives way to the fol- lowing ...
... likewise of setting , shoot- ing , and hunting are defcribed with great beauty . The following lines are finely defcriptive , and at the fame time pathetic . After having de- fcribed a pheasant shot , he gives way to the fol- lowing ...
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... might have extended his censure likewise to the following lines , where the poet defcribes the grief and defpair of the lover , who loft his Eurydice by looking back . " Now " Now under hanging mountains , " Befide the falls 62 THE LIFE OF.
... might have extended his censure likewise to the following lines , where the poet defcribes the grief and defpair of the lover , who loft his Eurydice by looking back . " Now " Now under hanging mountains , " Befide the falls 62 THE LIFE OF.
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