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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... received from thefe indiffe- rent tranflations , were fo powerful , that he ever after continued to speak of them with pleasure . He did not remain long , however , under the tuition of the prieft ; he was fent from him , in a little ...
... received from thefe indiffe- rent tranflations , were fo powerful , that he ever after continued to speak of them with pleasure . He did not remain long , however , under the tuition of the prieft ; he was fent from him , in a little ...
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... received very little benefit , having made no farther progrefs under him , than that of being able to conftrue a little of Tully's Offices . d . : ` Our poet was often heard to fay , that he could never follow any thing which he did not ...
... received very little benefit , having made no farther progrefs under him , than that of being able to conftrue a little of Tully's Offices . d . : ` Our poet was often heard to fay , that he could never follow any thing which he did not ...
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... received in an ill fenfe , is become odious , because the office hath been abufed by half learned or en- vious witlings ; who have been curious to de- tect blemishes , forgetting the other and more pleafing task of a critic , which is ...
... received in an ill fenfe , is become odious , because the office hath been abufed by half learned or en- vious witlings ; who have been curious to de- tect blemishes , forgetting the other and more pleafing task of a critic , which is ...
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... by Steele , ( who received it from an unknown hand . ) Nay all at Button's , confidered it as fuch , except Mr. Addifon , who saw into the joke immediately ; and and the next time he met Mr. POPE , told 44 THE LIFE OF.
... by Steele , ( who received it from an unknown hand . ) Nay all at Button's , confidered it as fuch , except Mr. Addifon , who saw into the joke immediately ; and and the next time he met Mr. POPE , told 44 THE LIFE OF.
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... received , that he made it more con- fiderable the next year , by the addition of the Machinery of the Sylphs , and extended it to five cantos , when it was printed , with an elegant letter to Mrs. Fermor , which is prefixed to the ...
... received , that he made it more con- fiderable the next year , by the addition of the Machinery of the Sylphs , and extended it to five cantos , when it was printed , with an elegant letter to Mrs. Fermor , which is prefixed to the ...
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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