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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... mind from great and noble purfuits . Thefe allure- ments have greater or lefs afcendancy , in pro- portion as the objects of ambition are more or lefs diftant . The habit of application will be vigorous or faint , as the reward propofed ...
... mind from great and noble purfuits . Thefe allure- ments have greater or lefs afcendancy , in pro- portion as the objects of ambition are more or lefs diftant . The habit of application will be vigorous or faint , as the reward propofed ...
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... mind remain unknown even to the poffeffor ; and to thefe , among other reasons , it may be imputed that fo many stop short in the career of glory , and that their names never reach pofterity . Among the few diftinguished characters ...
... mind remain unknown even to the poffeffor ; and to thefe , among other reasons , it may be imputed that fo many stop short in the career of glory , and that their names never reach pofterity . Among the few diftinguished characters ...
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... mind , maliciously endeavoured to arraign the virtues of his heart . With what little juftice attempts have been made to depreciate either the one or the other , will be examined in the courfe of the following fheets ; and as an ...
... mind , maliciously endeavoured to arraign the virtues of his heart . With what little juftice attempts have been made to depreciate either the one or the other , will be examined in the courfe of the following fheets ; and as an ...
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... mind . He was fo forcibly fmitten with the charms of the drama , that he was difpofed to imitation , and applied himself to turn the chief tranfactions of the Iliad into a kind of play , compofed of a number of fpeeches from Ogilby's ...
... mind . He was fo forcibly fmitten with the charms of the drama , that he was difpofed to imitation , and applied himself to turn the chief tranfactions of the Iliad into a kind of play , compofed of a number of fpeeches from Ogilby's ...
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... mind . ' " " Soon after our author was , for a few months , placed under the tuition of another priest , one Deane , from whofe inftructions however , he received very little benefit , having made no farther progrefs under him , than ...
... mind . ' " " Soon after our author was , for a few months , placed under the tuition of another priest , one Deane , from whofe inftructions however , he received very little benefit , having made no farther progrefs under him , than ...
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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