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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... pleasure . He did not remain long , however , under the tuition of the prieft ; he was fent from him , in a little time , to a private fchool at Twiford near Winchefter . Neither did he continue there any confiderable time ; for in ...
... pleasure . He did not remain long , however , under the tuition of the prieft ; he was fent from him , in a little time , to a private fchool at Twiford near Winchefter . Neither did he continue there any confiderable time ; for in ...
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... pleasure : and his masters either . wanted fagacity to discover the bent of his genius , or talents to adapt their inftructions accordingly , fo as to render his ftudies an amufe- ment to him . Finding that he profited fo little under ...
... pleasure : and his masters either . wanted fagacity to discover the bent of his genius , or talents to adapt their inftructions accordingly , fo as to render his ftudies an amufe- ment to him . Finding that he profited fo little under ...
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... pleasures : so that his tender frame preferved him from those modes of intemperance , to which genius , in particular , has often proved a victim . The ftrength of the paffions , as has been hinted , will always be in proportion to the ...
... pleasures : so that his tender frame preferved him from those modes of intemperance , to which genius , in particular , has often proved a victim . The ftrength of the paffions , as has been hinted , will always be in proportion to the ...
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... pleasure and unremitted atten- tion . He used to say , that Dryden had improv- ed the art of verfification beyond any of the preceeding poets , and that he would have been perfect in it , had he not been so often obliged to write with ...
... pleasure and unremitted atten- tion . He used to say , that Dryden had improv- ed the art of verfification beyond any of the preceeding poets , and that he would have been perfect in it , had he not been so often obliged to write with ...
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... pleasure in laughing at the childish extravagances in this poem , and in mentioning them to his friends . Among these , was a defcription of a Scythian hero , who contemned a pillow , though of fnow , as luxury and effeminacy . Some of ...
... pleasure in laughing at the childish extravagances in this poem , and in mentioning them to his friends . Among these , was a defcription of a Scythian hero , who contemned a pillow , though of fnow , as luxury and effeminacy . Some of ...
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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