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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... these seven years , in unlearning all that he had acquired before . Many circumstances , however , contributed to fix him in a habit of perfeyering industry . His con- ftitution was too infirm and delicate to fuftain the violent ...
... these seven years , in unlearning all that he had acquired before . Many circumstances , however , contributed to fix him in a habit of perfeyering industry . His con- ftitution was too infirm and delicate to fuftain the violent ...
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... these dramatic pieces , our poet had the courage to attempt the arduous task of writing an epic poem , which he called Al- cander , of which he wrote four books of about a " Leave elegy and tranflation to the inferior class , on whorn ...
... these dramatic pieces , our poet had the courage to attempt the arduous task of writing an epic poem , which he called Al- cander , of which he wrote four books of about a " Leave elegy and tranflation to the inferior class , on whorn ...
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... these , was a defcription of a Scythian hero , who contemned a pillow , though of fnow , as luxury and effeminacy . Some of these extra- vagances , are pleasantly produced for examples in the art of finking in poetry , under the title ...
... these , was a defcription of a Scythian hero , who contemned a pillow , though of fnow , as luxury and effeminacy . Some of these extra- vagances , are pleasantly produced for examples in the art of finking in poetry , under the title ...
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... these paftorals are not frequent , yet in truth , it is too much to fay , that they do not afford a fingle image that is new . Let any reader of fenfibility attend to the following lines in the second paftoral , where the poet describes ...
... these paftorals are not frequent , yet in truth , it is too much to fay , that they do not afford a fingle image that is new . Let any reader of fenfibility attend to the following lines in the second paftoral , where the poet describes ...
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... these paftorals , the moft confpicuous is the Meffiah , a facred eclogue , in imitation of Virgil's Pollio * . This , the critic allows to be * It is but just to obferve , that our critic has cor- rected a grammatical error in the ...
... these paftorals , the moft confpicuous is the Meffiah , a facred eclogue , in imitation of Virgil's Pollio * . This , the critic allows to be * It is but just to obferve , that our critic has cor- rected a grammatical error in the ...
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