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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... verses to the imita- tor of Horace . - Our author , by way of refutation of thefe mean falfehoods , was tempted to publish the account of his genealogy which is given above . 4 реси peculiarly fweet and engaging ; thefe circum- ftances ...
... verses to the imita- tor of Horace . - Our author , by way of refutation of thefe mean falfehoods , was tempted to publish the account of his genealogy which is given above . 4 реси peculiarly fweet and engaging ; thefe circum- ftances ...
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... verses , on a review of them , better than he expected , he gave it fome correction in his riper years , and put it into the form wherein it is now printed in the into 12 THE LIFE OF Homer, and was fo fmitten with the subject, ...
... verses , on a review of them , better than he expected , he gave it fome correction in his riper years , and put it into the form wherein it is now printed in the into 12 THE LIFE OF Homer, and was fo fmitten with the subject, ...
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... , driven from his crown by Deucalion , father of Minos . In this epic piece , Alcander displayed all the 1 a thousand verses each . Into this piece , 9 ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 25 In his latter days he told a particular friend ...
... , driven from his crown by Deucalion , father of Minos . In this epic piece , Alcander displayed all the 1 a thousand verses each . Into this piece , 9 ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 25 In his latter days he told a particular friend ...
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... verses each . Into this piece , he con- feffed , though with a ridicule on the attempt , that he had thrown all his learning , as Milton has done with too much profufion , in his Paradife Loft . This Alcander was chiefly an imitative ...
... verses each . Into this piece , he con- feffed , though with a ridicule on the attempt , that he had thrown all his learning , as Milton has done with too much profufion , in his Paradife Loft . This Alcander was chiefly an imitative ...
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... verses by an Anonymous . He must be a writer of true genius , who has the virtue to ridicule his own defects . The ridicule , however , of this juvenile attempt , did not difcourage him from once more attempting . this fpecies of ...
... verses by an Anonymous . He must be a writer of true genius , who has the virtue to ridicule his own defects . The ridicule , however , of this juvenile attempt , did not difcourage him from once more attempting . this fpecies of ...
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