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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Page 10
... Epistle to a Doctor in Divinity . The following line likewife . " Hard as thy heart , and as thy birth obfcure , " fell from a like courtly pen , in certain verses to the imita- tor of Horace . - Our author , by way of refutation of ...
... Epistle to a Doctor in Divinity . The following line likewife . " Hard as thy heart , and as thy birth obfcure , " fell from a like courtly pen , in certain verses to the imita- tor of Horace . - Our author , by way of refutation of ...
Page 67
... Horace attended to method in his Art of Poetry , has been fhewn by a learned critic . See Mr. Hurd's comment on the Epistle to the Pitos . F 2 and and I cannot help thinking it a capital objection to ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 67.
... Horace attended to method in his Art of Poetry , has been fhewn by a learned critic . See Mr. Hurd's comment on the Epistle to the Pitos . F 2 and and I cannot help thinking it a capital objection to ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 67.
Page 224
... epistle confiders the nature and state of man with refpect to the Universe . Here the poet fhews how imperfect our reasonings must be both with refpect to God and Man : For that as we know no more of man , than what we can learn from ...
... epistle confiders the nature and state of man with refpect to the Universe . Here the poet fhews how imperfect our reasonings must be both with refpect to God and Man : For that as we know no more of man , than what we can learn from ...
Page 300
... epistle on the use of riches , addressed to Lord Burlington , treats , as has been inti- mated , of one branch of profufion only , which is the vanity of expence in perfons of fortune and rank . This abounds with beauties , and in an ...
... epistle on the use of riches , addressed to Lord Burlington , treats , as has been inti- mated , of one branch of profufion only , which is the vanity of expence in perfons of fortune and rank . This abounds with beauties , and in an ...
Page 335
... Epistle of the fecond Book of Horace is truly excellent ; and though the fhining paffages may not be fo numerous as in the foregoing Epiftle ; yet fuch as ftrike us , are very fplendid , and much fuperior to the original more especially ...
... Epistle of the fecond Book of Horace is truly excellent ; and though the fhining paffages may not be fo numerous as in the foregoing Epiftle ; yet fuch as ftrike us , are very fplendid , and much fuperior to the original more especially ...
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