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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... most respectable authorities , he would be rather understood to propofe a doubt , than to offer a contradiction : he is not fo vain , o make light of the opinions of others ; nor yet fo modeft , to fupprefs his own . It will give him ...
... most respectable authorities , he would be rather understood to propofe a doubt , than to offer a contradiction : he is not fo vain , o make light of the opinions of others ; nor yet fo modeft , to fupprefs his own . It will give him ...
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... most material to be remarked . It would , to a few perhaps , have been fufficient to have pointed out particular beauties by in- verted commas , or other marks of diftinction ' ; and the writer is aware of the oftentation of citing fine ...
... most material to be remarked . It would , to a few perhaps , have been fufficient to have pointed out particular beauties by in- verted commas , or other marks of diftinction ' ; and the writer is aware of the oftentation of citing fine ...
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... most interesting particulars of our poet's life , an account will be interwoven of his writ- ings , as they are publifhed in the octavo edi- tion ; with fuch animadverfions as they may occafionally furnish : as likewife with remarks on ...
... most interesting particulars of our poet's life , an account will be interwoven of his writ- ings , as they are publifhed in the octavo edi- tion ; with fuch animadverfions as they may occafionally furnish : as likewife with remarks on ...
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... most general ufe ; for though , to many , the account of the author may be most entertaining , yet the hi- ftory of the man will be found most inftructive . All may , and ought to , emulate the latter , though very few are bleft with ...
... most general ufe ; for though , to many , the account of the author may be most entertaining , yet the hi- ftory of the man will be found most inftructive . All may , and ought to , emulate the latter , though very few are bleft with ...
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... most likely to become the object of defire . Any other premium than figs and honey , might therefore , in Sicily , have been affigned with greater propriety , and would have difplayed more invention in the Si- cilian bard . A poet is ...
... most likely to become the object of defire . Any other premium than figs and honey , might therefore , in Sicily , have been affigned with greater propriety , and would have difplayed more invention in the Si- cilian bard . A poet is ...
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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