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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... whose " works as I had leisure to study , fo I hope I " have not wanted care to imitate . " Notwith- ftanding this modeft declaration , perhaps fome paffages may be juftly deemed original . It is obfervable that a pastoral is ...
... whose " works as I had leisure to study , fo I hope I " have not wanted care to imitate . " Notwith- ftanding this modeft declaration , perhaps fome paffages may be juftly deemed original . It is obfervable that a pastoral is ...
Page 32
... whose artful ftrains have oft delay'd " The huddling brook to hear his madrigal . ” But this , compared to Mr. POPE's , is rather narrative than defcriptive . Mr. POPE prefents us with the image of attention , which is purely his own ...
... whose artful ftrains have oft delay'd " The huddling brook to hear his madrigal . ” But this , compared to Mr. POPE's , is rather narrative than defcriptive . Mr. POPE prefents us with the image of attention , which is purely his own ...
Page 78
... whose presumptuous " thoughts " Thofe freer beauties , ev'n in them , seem faults . " Some figures monftrous and mif - shap'd 66 appear , " Confider'd fingly , or beheld too near , " Which , but proportion'd to their light , or " place ...
... whose presumptuous " thoughts " Thofe freer beauties , ev'n in them , seem faults . " Some figures monftrous and mif - shap'd 66 appear , " Confider'd fingly , or beheld too near , " Which , but proportion'd to their light , or " place ...
Page 102
... . There was a Latin verfion of it likewife made by an unfortunate man , who was executed for High - Treafon , re- lating to the Coin , whose name I therefore fupprefs . tune tane he followed into France , and author of the 102 THE LIFE OF.
... . There was a Latin verfion of it likewife made by an unfortunate man , who was executed for High - Treafon , re- lating to the Coin , whose name I therefore fupprefs . tune tane he followed into France , and author of the 102 THE LIFE OF.
Page 132
... Whose minds , I know not by what awk- " ward fate , " Like eyes a - fquint , look every way but ftraight . 66 " Nature , to your undoing , arms mankind . " With strength of body , artifice of mind ; " But gives your feeble Sex , made up ...
... Whose minds , I know not by what awk- " ward fate , " Like eyes a - fquint , look every way but ftraight . 66 " Nature , to your undoing , arms mankind . " With strength of body , artifice of mind ; " But gives your feeble Sex , made up ...
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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