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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... use of that word . As he has omitted it however , an attempt will be made in its proper place , to afcertain the meaning of invention , the better to determine how far the want of it may be imputed to Mr. Popɛ . At At prefent it is ...
... use of that word . As he has omitted it however , an attempt will be made in its proper place , to afcertain the meaning of invention , the better to determine how far the want of it may be imputed to Mr. Popɛ . At At prefent it is ...
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... use of them with- out example , our bard could fhelter himfelf under no authority more unexceptionable than that of Virgil . Among these paftorals , the moft confpicuous is the Meffiah , a facred eclogue , in imitation of Virgil's ...
... use of them with- out example , our bard could fhelter himfelf under no authority more unexceptionable than that of Virgil . Among these paftorals , the moft confpicuous is the Meffiah , a facred eclogue , in imitation of Virgil's ...
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... use in inspiring the heroic paffions in particular . The fourth , fifth and fixth , their power over all nature , in the fable of Or- pheus's expedition to hell . The feventh and laft concludes in praise of mufic , and the advan tages ...
... use in inspiring the heroic paffions in particular . The fourth , fifth and fixth , their power over all nature , in the fable of Or- pheus's expedition to hell . The feventh and laft concludes in praise of mufic , and the advan tages ...
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... , or they to whole , " The body's harmony , the beaming foul , " Are things which Kufter , Burman , Waffe all fee , " When man's whole frame is obvious to a flea . " The The poet having in the opening , fhewn the use 68 THE LIFE OF.
... , or they to whole , " The body's harmony , the beaming foul , " Are things which Kufter , Burman , Waffe all fee , " When man's whole frame is obvious to a flea . " The The poet having in the opening , fhewn the use 68 THE LIFE OF.
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... use and feasonableness of the subject , he proceeds to inquire into the proper qualities of a true critic . " Tis with our judgments as our watches , none Go juft alike , yet each believes his own . " In Poets , as true genius is but ...
... use and feasonableness of the subject , he proceeds to inquire into the proper qualities of a true critic . " Tis with our judgments as our watches , none Go juft alike , yet each believes his own . " In Poets , as true genius is but ...
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