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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... poem , is the following allegory , fo juft and ingenious in the opinion of a great philofopher , that he has borrowed it to illuf trate and adorn a general principle in one of his more capital works Attached to the thread of every man's ...
... poem , is the following allegory , fo juft and ingenious in the opinion of a great philofopher , that he has borrowed it to illuf trate and adorn a general principle in one of his more capital works Attached to the thread of every man's ...
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... poets and philofophers . The regular and uniform tenor of a studious life , affords little variety for the entertainment of those who are more amufed by a fucceffion of glaring incidents , which gratify idle curio- fity ; than affected ...
... poets and philofophers . The regular and uniform tenor of a studious life , affords little variety for the entertainment of those who are more amufed by a fucceffion of glaring incidents , which gratify idle curio- fity ; than affected ...
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... poets , and that he would have been perfect in it , had he not been so often obliged to write with precipitation . His works , there- fore , ferved as one of the models from whence our poet copied , and he even adopted the very turns of ...
... poets , and that he would have been perfect in it , had he not been so often obliged to write with precipitation . His works , there- fore , ferved as one of the models from whence our poet copied , and he even adopted the very turns of ...
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... poem , which he called Al- cander , of which he wrote four books of about a " Leave elegy and tranflation to the inferior class , on whorn the Mufes only glance now and then , like our win- ter's fun , and then leave them in the dark ...
... poem , which he called Al- cander , of which he wrote four books of about a " Leave elegy and tranflation to the inferior class , on whorn the Mufes only glance now and then , like our win- ter's fun , and then leave them in the dark ...
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... poem , in which Mr. POPE had collected the feveral beauties of all the epic writers he was then acquainted with * . It is the characteristic of a great genius to make early efforts far beyond its ftrength . Our poet , however , was ...
... poem , in which Mr. POPE had collected the feveral beauties of all the epic writers he was then acquainted with * . It is the characteristic of a great genius to make early efforts far beyond its ftrength . Our poet , however , was ...
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