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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Page 253
Those talents which we exercise in the eye of the public are , it is true , more
likely to draw admiration ; but they are not therefore more noble . The man who
can suffer with fortitude , and act with dignity , is a much more noble object , than
he ...
Those talents which we exercise in the eye of the public are , it is true , more
likely to draw admiration ; but they are not therefore more noble . The man who
can suffer with fortitude , and act with dignity , is a much more noble object , than
he ...
Page 307
pain , ' as he received pleasure in seeing the general zeal of the world in the
cause of a great man who is beneficent , and the particular warmth of his noble
friend in that of a private man who was innocent . · 1966 , It was not the poem , ”
says ...
pain , ' as he received pleasure in seeing the general zeal of the world in the
cause of a great man who is beneficent , and the particular warmth of his noble
friend in that of a private man who was innocent . · 1966 , It was not the poem , ”
says ...
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That while he breathes , no rich or noble “ knave “ Shall walk the world , in credit ,
to his grave . " This he thinks is rendering the best service “ he can to the public ,
and even to the good « government of his fellow - creatures . For this , at least ...
That while he breathes , no rich or noble “ knave “ Shall walk the world , in credit ,
to his grave . " This he thinks is rendering the best service “ he can to the public ,
and even to the good « government of his fellow - creatures . For this , at least ...
Page 400
... There spread round MURRAY all your “ blooming loves ; * The imitation , the
reader will observe , has all the pleasantry and sprightliness of the Latin , and
has avoided the ic . delicacy of torrere jecur idoneum . « Noble “ Noble and
young ...
... There spread round MURRAY all your “ blooming loves ; * The imitation , the
reader will observe , has all the pleasantry and sprightliness of the Latin , and
has avoided the ic . delicacy of torrere jecur idoneum . « Noble “ Noble and
young ...
Page 488
It was , says he , but the other “ day , that a noble Lord in my neighbourhood , “
who till then I had much mistaken , told me in conversation , that he had a large
benefice “ fallen , which he did not know what to do “ with - - Give it to me , said I ...
It was , says he , but the other “ day , that a noble Lord in my neighbourhood , “
who till then I had much mistaken , told me in conversation , that he had a large
benefice “ fallen , which he did not know what to do “ with - - Give it to me , said I ...
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| Title | The Life of Alexander Pope: Esq. Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius. By Owen Ruffhead, Esq Eighteenth century collections online |
| Author | Owen Ruffhead |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, [and 8 others in London], 1769 |
| Original from | Ghent University |
| Digitized | 29 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 578 pages |
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