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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... virtue to oppofe miftaken prejudice , and fet the public judgment right . There have been fome , however , in the ... virtues of his heart . With what little juftice attempts have been made to depreciate either the one or the other ...
... virtue to oppofe miftaken prejudice , and fet the public judgment right . There have been fome , however , in the ... virtues of his heart . With what little juftice attempts have been made to depreciate either the one or the other ...
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... virtues , be an inducement ` to conceal his failings . The life of a ftudious man can confift of little elfe than a character of himself , and of his writings ; and the hiftory of the author and of the man are fo intimately blended ...
... virtues , be an inducement ` to conceal his failings . The life of a ftudious man can confift of little elfe than a character of himself , and of his writings ; and the hiftory of the author and of the man are fo intimately blended ...
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... virtues of fuffering , like Ulyffes , and all the courage of Eneas . Apollo , as the patron of Rhodes , was Alcander's great protector ; and Cibele was his great enemy , as being patronefs of Deucalion and Crete . She raises a ftorm ...
... virtues of fuffering , like Ulyffes , and all the courage of Eneas . Apollo , as the patron of Rhodes , was Alcander's great protector ; and Cibele was his great enemy , as being patronefs of Deucalion and Crete . She raises a ftorm ...
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... virtue to ridicule his own defects . The ridicule , however , of this juvenile attempt , did not difcourage him from once more attempting . this fpecies of compofition ; for , in his riper years , he formed a defign of writing an epic ...
... virtue to ridicule his own defects . The ridicule , however , of this juvenile attempt , did not difcourage him from once more attempting . this fpecies of compofition ; for , in his riper years , he formed a defign of writing an epic ...
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... virtue , as our poet him- felf remarks * , , put upon us by furprize , and are pleafed to find a thing where we fhould never have looked to meet with it . Among other fpecimens of this diftinguishing excellence , our critic has candidly ...
... virtue , as our poet him- felf remarks * , , put upon us by furprize , and are pleafed to find a thing where we fhould never have looked to meet with it . Among other fpecimens of this diftinguishing excellence , our critic has candidly ...
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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