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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... thing remarkable happened to our poet , either at his birth , or during his early infancy . No bees were feen to hang upon his lips , no doves bound his temples with the laurel of Apollo , or the myrtle of Venus . He He was born in ...
... thing remarkable happened to our poet , either at his birth , or during his early infancy . No bees were feen to hang upon his lips , no doves bound his temples with the laurel of Apollo , or the myrtle of Venus . He He was born in ...
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... thing which he did not pursue with pleasure : and his masters either . wanted fagacity to discover the bent of his genius , or talents to adapt their inftructions accordingly , fo as to render his ftudies an amufe- ment to him . Finding ...
... thing which he did not pursue with pleasure : and his masters either . wanted fagacity to discover the bent of his genius , or talents to adapt their inftructions accordingly , fo as to render his ftudies an amufe- ment to him . Finding ...
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... thing , he used to fay , he could never forgive his philofophic master , was the dedication to the effay * . He likewise read Sir William Temple's effays ; but when he met with any thing political in them , he owned that he had no ...
... thing , he used to fay , he could never forgive his philofophic master , was the dedication to the effay * . He likewise read Sir William Temple's effays ; but when he met with any thing political in them , he owned that he had no ...
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... thing fixed in his person , that doth induce contempt , hath alfo a perpetual fpur within himself , to rescue and deliver himself from fcorn . This confideration , therefore , might render j render our poet more affiduous to cultivate ...
... thing fixed in his person , that doth induce contempt , hath alfo a perpetual fpur within himself , to rescue and deliver himself from fcorn . This confideration , therefore , might render j render our poet more affiduous to cultivate ...
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... thing real . Admitting , " fays he , " that a river gently flowing , may be imagined a fenfible being listening to a fong ; I cannot enter into the conceit of the river's or- dering his laurels to learn the fong : here all resemblance ...
... thing real . Admitting , " fays he , " that a river gently flowing , may be imagined a fenfible being listening to a fong ; I cannot enter into the conceit of the river's or- dering his laurels to learn the fong : here all resemblance ...
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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