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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... 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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... merits have transmitted their names to pofterity ; and are anxious to difcover by what means they attained that de- gree of excellence , which immortalized their memories . * It would be too much to conclude with fome fyftema- tical ...
... merits have transmitted their names to pofterity ; and are anxious to difcover by what means they attained that de- gree of excellence , which immortalized their memories . * It would be too much to conclude with fome fyftema- tical ...
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... merit which is not their own . They are often directed by thofe , whom they appear to guide . Accident likewise , has a confiderable fhare in the events , which render them celebrated . Nay , their very errors frequently , by ftrange ...
... merit which is not their own . They are often directed by thofe , whom they appear to guide . Accident likewise , has a confiderable fhare in the events , which render them celebrated . Nay , their very errors frequently , by ftrange ...
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... 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 prejudice or ca- price . Among the few whofe fame is thus firmly rooted , Mr. POPE ...
... 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 prejudice or ca- price . Among the few whofe fame is thus firmly rooted , Mr. POPE ...
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... merit of that book , they having been , defigned and engraved by artifts of note . . At the age of twelve , he went to refide at Ein- field , in Windfor - Foreft , with his father , who had retired thither fiom business about the time ...
... merit of that book , they having been , defigned and engraved by artifts of note . . At the age of twelve , he went to refide at Ein- field , in Windfor - Foreft , with his father , who had retired thither fiom business about the time ...
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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