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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... once entertained thoughts of referring to the paffages , he judged proper to felect . But , beside the great trouble and in- ceffant interruption , which this would have oc- cafioned to the reader , it occurred to him that it would be ...
... once entertained thoughts of referring to the paffages , he judged proper to felect . But , beside the great trouble and in- ceffant interruption , which this would have oc- cafioned to the reader , it occurred to him that it would be ...
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... once established , it is not eafily fubverted . They , adhere moft per- tinaciously to their opinions , who build them on the authority of others . Men in general are not forward to condemn , what their fathers ap- proved . Thus error ...
... once established , it is not eafily fubverted . They , adhere moft per- tinaciously to their opinions , who build them on the authority of others . Men in general are not forward to condemn , what their fathers ap- proved . Thus error ...
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... once more attempting . this fpecies of compofition ; for , in his riper years , he formed a defign of writing an epic poem , founded on a ftory recorded in the old annalist It may not be immaterial to add , that the dramatic pieces ...
... once more attempting . this fpecies of compofition ; for , in his riper years , he formed a defign of writing an epic poem , founded on a ftory recorded in the old annalist It may not be immaterial to add , that the dramatic pieces ...
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... Once I was skill'd in ev'ry plant that grew , " And ev'ry herb that drinks the morning dew ; " Ah ! wretched fhepherd , what avails thy art To cure thy lambs , but not to heal thy heart . " death death of Daphne affords a new image ...
... Once I was skill'd in ev'ry plant that grew , " And ev'ry herb that drinks the morning dew ; " Ah ! wretched fhepherd , what avails thy art To cure thy lambs , but not to heal thy heart . " death death of Daphne affords a new image ...
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... once attains . " The effayift , before mentioned , has cenfured the foregoing illuftration ; where , as he obferves , there is evidently a blamcable mixture of meta- phors , the attributes of the horse and the writer being confounded ...
... once attains . " The effayift , before mentioned , has cenfured the foregoing illuftration ; where , as he obferves , there is evidently a blamcable mixture of meta- phors , the attributes of the horse and the writer being confounded ...
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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