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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... thought to come from a nobleman ) had dropt an allufion to that pitiful untruth , in a paper , called An Epistle to a Doctor in Divinity . The following line likewife . " Hard as thy heart , and as thy birth obfcure , " fell from a like ...
... thought to come from a nobleman ) had dropt an allufion to that pitiful untruth , in a paper , called An Epistle to a Doctor in Divinity . The following line likewife . " Hard as thy heart , and as thy birth obfcure , " fell from a like ...
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... thought it pity he was neceffitated , by the ftraitness of his fortune , to act ( and especially to his latest hours ) an ima- ginary and fictitious part , who was capable of exhibiting a real one , with credit to himself , and ...
... thought it pity he was neceffitated , by the ftraitness of his fortune , to act ( and especially to his latest hours ) an ima- ginary and fictitious part , who was capable of exhibiting a real one , with credit to himself , and ...
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... thought proper to conceal it from the public , I do not think myfelf at liberty to proclaim it : for though the merit of the work is fuch , as , upon the whole , might do credit to any name , yet it is but decent to allow every writer ...
... thought proper to conceal it from the public , I do not think myfelf at liberty to proclaim it : for though the merit of the work is fuch , as , upon the whole , might do credit to any name , yet it is but decent to allow every writer ...
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... thought that Mr. POPE had Milton's Masque in remembrance , wherein the latter speaks of Thyrfis , " -whose artful ftrains have oft delay'd " The huddling brook to hear his madrigal . ” But this , compared to Mr. POPE's , is rather ...
... thought that Mr. POPE had Milton's Masque in remembrance , wherein the latter speaks of Thyrfis , " -whose artful ftrains have oft delay'd " The huddling brook to hear his madrigal . ” But this , compared to Mr. POPE's , is rather ...
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... thought . " It is fomewhat ftrange that the critic fhould applaud the Greek image for the uncommonness of the thought : fince it is the perfection of paf- D 3 toral toral images to be fimple and natural . The beauty ALEXANDER POPE , Esq ...
... thought . " It is fomewhat ftrange that the critic fhould applaud the Greek image for the uncommonness of the thought : fince it is the perfection of paf- D 3 toral toral images to be fimple and natural . The beauty ALEXANDER POPE , Esq ...
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