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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... of apprehenfion , which evi- dently marks a conftitutional difference between their men- tal faculties . It is indeed difficult , to affign the reasons why It 2 . THE LIFE OF of them foon drop their fhining prey one after ...
... of apprehenfion , which evi- dently marks a conftitutional difference between their men- tal faculties . It is indeed difficult , to affign the reasons why It 2 . THE LIFE OF of them foon drop their fhining prey one after ...
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... reasons why talents equally promifing , fhould , even under the like early cultivation , bear fuch unequal crops of fame . But if we attend minutely to the caufes by which men have acquired renown , we shall find that perhaps the far ...
... reasons why talents equally promifing , fhould , even under the like early cultivation , bear fuch unequal crops of fame . But if we attend minutely to the caufes by which men have acquired renown , we shall find that perhaps the far ...
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... reasons , it may be imputed that fo many stop short in the career of glory , and that their names never reach pofterity . Among the few diftinguished characters , how- ever , whofe names are rescued from oblivion , and enrolled in the ...
... reasons , it may be imputed that fo many stop short in the career of glory , and that their names never reach pofterity . Among the few diftinguished characters , how- ever , whofe names are rescued from oblivion , and enrolled in the ...
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... Reason to admire . " Then Criticism the Mufe's handmaid prov'd , " To drefs her charms , and make her more " belov'd : " But following wits from that intention " ftray'd , 66 Who could not win the mistress , woo'd the " maid ; " Against ...
... Reason to admire . " Then Criticism the Mufe's handmaid prov'd , " To drefs her charms , and make her more " belov'd : " But following wits from that intention " ftray'd , 66 Who could not win the mistress , woo'd the " maid ; " Against ...
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... reason why artists in general , and poets principally , " have been confined within fo narrow a circle ; ( 6 they have been rather imitators of one " another , than of nature ; and this with fo " faithful an uniformity , and to fo ...
... reason why artists in general , and poets principally , " have been confined within fo narrow a circle ; ( 6 they have been rather imitators of one " another , than of nature ; and this with fo " faithful an uniformity , and to fo ...
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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