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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... must be confeffed , that even literary reputation has fometimes been un- defervedly acquired , and unjustly withheld . There are not many readers perhaps who judge for themselves . The far greater part deter- mine upon the authority of ...
... must be confeffed , that even literary reputation has fometimes been un- defervedly acquired , and unjustly withheld . There are not many readers perhaps who judge for themselves . The far greater part deter- mine upon the authority of ...
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... must have made a more than ordinary impreffion on his 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 ...
... must have made a more than ordinary impreffion on his 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 ...
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... must not infer from hence , however , what a learned critic would infinuate , that Mr. POPE's genius was confined , and that he was not mafter of a crea- tive and glowing imagination , the Acer fpiritus ac vis . " But the nature , force ...
... must not infer from hence , however , what a learned critic would infinuate , that Mr. POPE's genius was confined , and that he was not mafter of a crea- tive and glowing imagination , the Acer fpiritus ac vis . " But the nature , force ...
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... must be a writer of true genius , who has the virtue to ridicule his own defects . The ridicule , however , of this juvenile attempt , did not difcourage him from once more attempting . this fpecies of compofition ; for , in his riper ...
... must be a writer of true genius , who has the virtue to ridicule his own defects . The ridicule , however , of this juvenile attempt , did not difcourage him from once more attempting . this fpecies of compofition ; for , in his riper ...
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... must be confeffed , however , that these pa- ftorals did not escape the malice of criticism , at the time of their publication . Many , who had not judgment to distinguish what is rural from what is ruftic , imputed to them that they ...
... must be confeffed , however , that these pa- ftorals did not escape the malice of criticism , at the time of their publication . Many , who had not judgment to distinguish what is rural from what is ruftic , imputed to them that they ...
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