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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... lives of the learned , when we admire the fentiments which adorn their pages , when we approve the moral and focial rules , by which they framed their con- duct ; we then pay the just tribute of applause , where alone it is due . At the ...
... lives of the learned , when we admire the fentiments which adorn their pages , when we approve the moral and focial rules , by which they framed their con- duct ; we then pay the just tribute of applause , where alone it is due . At the ...
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... live ! " is an imitation , or rather indeed , a literal tranf- lation of the following line in Virgil- " Semper honos , nomenque tuum , laudefque ma- nebunt . " * The present Bishop of Gloucefter . + This , which was our author's ...
... live ! " is an imitation , or rather indeed , a literal tranf- lation of the following line in Virgil- " Semper honos , nomenque tuum , laudefque ma- nebunt . " * The present Bishop of Gloucefter . + This , which was our author's ...
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... live , " The treach'rous colours the fair art betray , " And all the bright creation fades away ! " Nothing , as the effayift candidly admits , was ever fo happily expreffed on the art of painting : a fubject on which POPE always fpeaks ...
... live , " The treach'rous colours the fair art betray , " And all the bright creation fades away ! " Nothing , as the effayift candidly admits , was ever fo happily expreffed on the art of painting : a fubject on which POPE always fpeaks ...
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... live ! " In the fourth canto , which opens with the rage and defpair of Belinda , for the lofs of her Lock , there is a fine oppofition of real and ima- ginary diftreffes , which form an affemblage at once ftriking and agreeable . " Not ...
... live ! " In the fourth canto , which opens with the rage and defpair of Belinda , for the lofs of her Lock , there is a fine oppofition of real and ima- ginary diftreffes , which form an affemblage at once ftriking and agreeable . " Not ...
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... lives unblemih'd in her Fame , A bright example of young Tarquin's fhame . " Such Praise is yours --- And fuch fhall you poffefs , 66 " Your Virtue equal , tho ' your Lofs be less . " Then fiile , Belinda , at reproachful Tongues ...
... lives unblemih'd in her Fame , A bright example of young Tarquin's fhame . " Such Praise is yours --- And fuch fhall you poffefs , 66 " Your Virtue equal , tho ' your Lofs be less . " Then fiile , Belinda , at reproachful Tongues ...
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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