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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... manner of relish for * This dedication , though it contains many juft and fenfible remarks , is in general couched under fuch terms of un- manly adulation , as degrade the scholar and the philofopher . it . This difrelish for politics ...
... manner of relish for * This dedication , though it contains many juft and fenfible remarks , is in general couched under fuch terms of un- manly adulation , as degrade the scholar and the philofopher . it . This difrelish for politics ...
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... manner now than when I had my early fit of reading , from 14 to 20. Then it was merely from the amusement the story afforded me , now it fhould be with the view of learn- ing how to make myself and others better . " C 2 and and laftly ...
... manner now than when I had my early fit of reading , from 14 to 20. Then it was merely from the amusement the story afforded me , now it fhould be with the view of learn- ing how to make myself and others better . " C 2 and and laftly ...
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... manner . Virgilium tantum vidi . " He never spoke of him without a kind of rap- turous veneration , and he makes refpectable mention of him in feveral parts of his works . દ During his refidence in the foreft , our poet , being then ...
... manner . Virgilium tantum vidi . " He never spoke of him without a kind of rap- turous veneration , and he makes refpectable mention of him in feveral parts of his works . દ During his refidence in the foreft , our poet , being then ...
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... manner , which does honour to his memory . " This letter of deaths , puts me in mind of poor Mr. " Betterton's ; over whom I would have this fentence of " Tully for an epitaph , which will ferve him as well in his " moral , as in his ...
... manner , which does honour to his memory . " This letter of deaths , puts me in mind of poor Mr. " Betterton's ; over whom I would have this fentence of " Tully for an epitaph , which will ferve him as well in his " moral , as in his ...
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... manners , that it favours too much of a lavish difplay of erudition , to which a writer , of fuch approved learning , might have deemed himself fu perior . to 1 to fix the true merit of our poet , ALEXANDER POPE ESQ . 29.
... manners , that it favours too much of a lavish difplay of erudition , to which a writer , of fuch approved learning , might have deemed himself fu perior . to 1 to fix the true merit of our poet , ALEXANDER POPE ESQ . 29.
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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