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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... poetical effay , after this epic piece of Alcander , was his Paftorals , which he wrote at the age of fixteen : and he used to fay pleasantly , that herein he literally followed the paffage in Virgil , where he fays , " Cum canerem ...
... poetical effay , after this epic piece of Alcander , was his Paftorals , which he wrote at the age of fixteen : and he used to fay pleasantly , that herein he literally followed the paffage in Virgil , where he fays , " Cum canerem ...
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... poetical compofition unattempted , and attempted none in which he did not excel . His lyric pieces , which he composed foon after his Windfor Foreft , have been deservedly admired : and his Ode on St. Cecilia's birth - day , in ...
... poetical compofition unattempted , and attempted none in which he did not excel . His lyric pieces , which he composed foon after his Windfor Foreft , have been deservedly admired : and his Ode on St. Cecilia's birth - day , in ...
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... poetical than the beautiful perfonifications here introduced . To talk of the flatnefs in the beginning of this ftanza , is as if a learner in the mathema- tics fhould cenfure the drynefs of a theorem , because he does not immediately ...
... poetical than the beautiful perfonifications here introduced . To talk of the flatnefs in the beginning of this ftanza , is as if a learner in the mathema- tics fhould cenfure the drynefs of a theorem , because he does not immediately ...
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... poetical . By the ftreams that ever flow , દ By the fragrant winds that blow " O'er the Elyfian flow'rs ; " By thofe happy fouls who dwell " In yellow meads of Afphodel , " Or Amaranthine bow'rs ; • See Elements of Criticifm . " By tr ...
... poetical . By the ftreams that ever flow , દ By the fragrant winds that blow " O'er the Elyfian flow'rs ; " By thofe happy fouls who dwell " In yellow meads of Afphodel , " Or Amaranthine bow'rs ; • See Elements of Criticifm . " By tr ...
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... poetical ornament in aid of his argu- Add to this , that when parts are thus taken detached , we may fometimes impute faults to the writer , which are so only from the partial view we have given of his work * . ments . • The poem ...
... poetical ornament in aid of his argu- Add to this , that when parts are thus taken detached , we may fometimes impute faults to the writer , which are so only from the partial view we have given of his work * . ments . • The poem ...
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