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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... taste of a modern ftudent , this great fage of the law thus directs the application of the remainder- Quod fupereft , ultro facris largire camenis . Middle - Temple , Jan. 1 , 1769 . OWEN RUFFHEAD . THE LIFE O F ALEXANDER POPE , Efq . A ...
... taste of a modern ftudent , this great fage of the law thus directs the application of the remainder- Quod fupereft , ultro facris largire camenis . Middle - Temple , Jan. 1 , 1769 . OWEN RUFFHEAD . THE LIFE O F ALEXANDER POPE , Efq . A ...
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... taste of a cap- tious audience , he could never be prevailed on to write for the ftage , though he was ftrongly importuned by feveral , and particularly by Betterton * , with whom he was acquainted from a boy t . In * It appears to have ...
... taste of a cap- tious audience , he could never be prevailed on to write for the ftage , though he was ftrongly importuned by feveral , and particularly by Betterton * , with whom he was acquainted from a boy t . In * It appears to have ...
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... taste and magnificence has fince em- bellished it , were then appropriated to it . But what beauties were peculiar to it , our poet has defcribed in the introduction of the poem from verse nine to forty * , and with respect to the other ...
... taste and magnificence has fince em- bellished it , were then appropriated to it . But what beauties were peculiar to it , our poet has defcribed in the introduction of the poem from verse nine to forty * , and with respect to the other ...
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... , fhould mislead the public taste and judgment , and incline the hafty and injudicious , not only to admire , but to imi - ́ tate imperfections . 9 ill adjusted ornaments , only ferving to make the meannefs ill 64 THE LIFE OF tr ...
... , fhould mislead the public taste and judgment , and incline the hafty and injudicious , not only to admire , but to imi - ́ tate imperfections . 9 ill adjusted ornaments , only ferving to make the meannefs ill 64 THE LIFE OF tr ...
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... taste as feldom is the Critic's fhare ; " Both muft alike from Heav'n derive their light , " These born to judge , as well as thofe to write . " The reasoning in these lines ,, as the learned commentator obferves , is conclufive ; and ...
... taste as feldom is the Critic's fhare ; " Both muft alike from Heav'n derive their light , " These born to judge , as well as thofe to write . " The reasoning in these lines ,, as the learned commentator obferves , is conclufive ; and ...
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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