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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... objects of ambition are more or lefs diftant . The habit of application will be vigorous or faint , as the reward propofed is great or fmall , near or remote . When genius wanders without a friendly guide to direct its fteps , and ...
... objects of ambition are more or lefs diftant . The habit of application will be vigorous or faint , as the reward propofed is great or fmall , near or remote . When genius wanders without a friendly guide to direct its fteps , and ...
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... objects a barrennefs of invention to Mr. POPE , it is to be wished that he had previously defined what invention is , or at least what he intended by the use of that word . As he has omitted it however , an attempt will be made in its ...
... objects a barrennefs of invention to Mr. POPE , it is to be wished that he had previously defined what invention is , or at least what he intended by the use of that word . As he has omitted it however , an attempt will be made in its ...
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... objects , that there is not a fingle rural image in thefe paftorals that is new , it is no more than what our poet himself premises , with that candor and modesty which is ever attendant on genuine merit . For in his excellent difcourfe ...
... objects , that there is not a fingle rural image in thefe paftorals that is new , it is no more than what our poet himself premises , with that candor and modesty which is ever attendant on genuine merit . For in his excellent difcourfe ...
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... objects , which are not to be found in na- ture . The figs and honey which he affigns * as a reward to a victorious ... object of defire . Any other premium than figs and honey , might therefore , in Sicily , have been affigned with ...
... objects , which are not to be found in na- ture . The figs and honey which he affigns * as a reward to a victorious ... object of defire . Any other premium than figs and honey , might therefore , in Sicily , have been affigned with ...
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... objects that " a mixture of British and Grecian ideas , may be juftly deemed a ble- mith in the PASTORALS of POPE : and pro- priety , " he adds , " is certain to be violated , when he couples Pactolus with the Thames , & c . How far ...
... objects that " a mixture of British and Grecian ideas , may be juftly deemed a ble- mith in the PASTORALS of POPE : and pro- priety , " he adds , " is certain to be violated , when he couples Pactolus with the Thames , & c . How far ...
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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