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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Page 43
... tell him there was one way left , of excelling : for that , though we had several great poets , yet we never had any that was correct ; and he therefore recommended correctnefs to him , as his principal ftudy and aim . It must be ...
... tell him there was one way left , of excelling : for that , though we had several great poets , yet we never had any that was correct ; and he therefore recommended correctnefs to him , as his principal ftudy and aim . It must be ...
Page 94
... The fcholar's learning , with the courtier's " cafe . " The Effayift remarks , that the chief merit of Petronius , is that of telling a ftory with grace and and ease : But the Poet is not here speaking 94 THE LIFE OF.
... The fcholar's learning , with the courtier's " cafe . " The Effayift remarks , that the chief merit of Petronius , is that of telling a ftory with grace and and ease : But the Poet is not here speaking 94 THE LIFE OF.
Page 95
... telling a story with grace and eafe , yet he im- mediately adds , " that his own ftile is more " affected , than even that of his cotemporaries . " How the effayift can reconcile the grace and cafe which he admits , with the affectation ...
... telling a story with grace and eafe , yet he im- mediately adds , " that his own ftile is more " affected , than even that of his cotemporaries . " How the effayift can reconcile the grace and cafe which he admits , with the affectation ...
Page 100
... tell you in other words , " that he is wifer than he was . " " It cannot be denied , however , but this piece , upon the whole , notwithstanding Tome trivial inaccuracies , may be juftly efteemed as a pattern of compofition in the ...
... tell you in other words , " that he is wifer than he was . " " It cannot be denied , however , but this piece , upon the whole , notwithstanding Tome trivial inaccuracies , may be juftly efteemed as a pattern of compofition in the ...
Page 135
... tell , " Is it , in heav'n , a crime to love too well ? " To bear too tender , or too firm a heart , " To act a Lover's , or a Roman's part ? " Is there no bright reverfion in the sky , " For those who greatly think , or bravely die ...
... tell , " Is it , in heav'n , a crime to love too well ? " To bear too tender , or too firm a heart , " To act a Lover's , or a Roman's part ? " Is there no bright reverfion in the sky , " For those who greatly think , or bravely die ...
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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