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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... wishes to be conveyed to cooling caverns , when uttered by the inhabitants of Greece , have a de- corum and confiftency which they totally lofe in the character of a British fhepherd . " That fuch causes of complaint will more fre ...
... wishes to be conveyed to cooling caverns , when uttered by the inhabitants of Greece , have a de- corum and confiftency which they totally lofe in the character of a British fhepherd . " That fuch causes of complaint will more fre ...
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... wishes for a metamorphofis , for the fake of approaching more closely to his miftrefs , would undoubtedly with to be trans- formed into fomething which might be the ob- ject of her careffes , and not into that from which fhe would ...
... wishes for a metamorphofis , for the fake of approaching more closely to his miftrefs , would undoubtedly with to be trans- formed into fomething which might be the ob- ject of her careffes , and not into that from which fhe would ...
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... wishes ; and my " beft thoughts will be perpetually waiting upon you , when you never hear of me or them . " Your own guardian angels cannot be more " conftant or more filent . " ( C This unfortunate lady , as Mr. POPE very properly ...
... wishes ; and my " beft thoughts will be perpetually waiting upon you , when you never hear of me or them . " Your own guardian angels cannot be more " conftant or more filent . " ( C This unfortunate lady , as Mr. POPE very properly ...
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... wish to impress . Eloifa , who is fuppofed to be furveying the gloom around her , and meditating on the fub- ject of her forrow , thus breaks forth- " In these deep folitudes and awful cells , " Where heav'nly - penfive Contemplation ...
... wish to impress . Eloifa , who is fuppofed to be furveying the gloom around her , and meditating on the fub- ject of her forrow , thus breaks forth- " In these deep folitudes and awful cells , " Where heav'nly - penfive Contemplation ...
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... wish without her fears impart , " Excufe the blush , and pour out all the heart , Speed the foft intercourfe from foul to foul , " And waft a figh from Indus to the Pole . " 66 From these beautiful encomiums on the plea- fures of ...
... wish without her fears impart , " Excufe the blush , and pour out all the heart , Speed the foft intercourfe from foul to foul , " And waft a figh from Indus to the Pole . " 66 From these beautiful encomiums on the plea- fures of ...
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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