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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... those instances , where the writer hath been indebted to others , more especially in what he hath borrowed from the Commentary and Notes , he hath , for the most part , followed the very words of the author , from whom the paffages are ...
... those instances , where the writer hath been indebted to others , more especially in what he hath borrowed from the Commentary and Notes , he hath , for the most part , followed the very words of the author , from whom the paffages are ...
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... those involun- tary bursts of applaufe --- Euge ! atque belle ! though , in truth , they are but empty exclama- tions . Whenever fuch may have escaped from his pen , he trufts that the candid reader will afcribe them to a folicitude ...
... those involun- tary bursts of applaufe --- Euge ! atque belle ! though , in truth , they are but empty exclama- tions . Whenever fuch may have escaped from his pen , he trufts that the candid reader will afcribe them to a folicitude ...
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... those who are more amufed by a fucceffion of glaring incidents , which gratify idle curio- fity ; than affected by a hiftory , which might tend to enlarge the fund of useful knowledge . It is nevertheless of more general importance to ...
... those who are more amufed by a fucceffion of glaring incidents , which gratify idle curio- fity ; than affected by a hiftory , which might tend to enlarge the fund of useful knowledge . It is nevertheless of more general importance to ...
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... those parts of philofophy and hiftory * , which mostly contributed to enrich the ftore of fentiment : Qur author , in his riper years , ufed to fay , that the true ufe of reading was not to know facts , but to under- ftand human nature ...
... those parts of philofophy and hiftory * , which mostly contributed to enrich the ftore of fentiment : Qur author , in his riper years , ufed to fay , that the true ufe of reading was not to know facts , but to under- ftand human nature ...
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... those modes of intemperance , to which genius , in particular , has often proved a victim . The ftrength of the paffions , as has been hinted , will always be in proportion to the vigour of the imagination . For true genius , as is well ...
... those modes of intemperance , to which genius , in particular , has often proved a victim . The ftrength of the paffions , as has been hinted , will always be in proportion to the vigour of the imagination . For true genius , as is well ...
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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