The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius |
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... mind requires diversity to preferve the edge of attention , fo , to him , no kind of relaxation could have been more agreeable : and in his choice , he is juftified by the authority of the great Lord Coke --- After making certain allot ...
... mind requires diversity to preferve the edge of attention , fo , to him , no kind of relaxation could have been more agreeable : and in his choice , he is juftified by the authority of the great Lord Coke --- After making certain allot ...
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... mind from great and noble purfuits . Thefe allure- ments have greater or lefs afcendancy , in pro- portion as the objects of ambition are more or lefs diftant . The habit of application will be vigorous or faint , as the reward propofed ...
... mind from great and noble purfuits . Thefe allure- ments have greater or lefs afcendancy , in pro- portion as the objects of ambition are more or lefs diftant . The habit of application will be vigorous or faint , as the reward propofed ...
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... mind remain unknown even to the poffeffor ; and to these , among other reafons , it may be imputed that fo many ftop fhort in the career of glory , and that their names never reach pofterity . Among the few diftinguished characters ...
... mind remain unknown even to the poffeffor ; and to these , among other reafons , it may be imputed that fo many ftop fhort in the career of glory , and that their names never reach pofterity . Among the few diftinguished characters ...
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... mind , maliciously endeavoured to arraign . the virtues of his heart . With what little juftice attempts have been made to depreciate either the one or the other , will be examined in the courfe of the following fheets ; and as an ...
... mind , maliciously endeavoured to arraign . the virtues of his heart . With what little juftice attempts have been made to depreciate either the one or the other , will be examined in the courfe of the following fheets ; and as an ...
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... mind . He was fo forcibly fmitten with the charms of the drama , that he was difpofed to imitation , and applied himself to turn the chief tranfactions of the Iliad into a kind of play , compofed of a number of speeches from Ogilby's ...
... mind . He was fo forcibly fmitten with the charms of the drama , that he was difpofed to imitation , and applied himself to turn the chief tranfactions of the Iliad into a kind of play , compofed of a number of speeches from Ogilby's ...
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affured againſt beautiful becauſe beft cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplay Dunciad Effay effayift epiftle ev'ry excellent expreffed faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fenfibility fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking fubject fublime fuch fuperior fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrates imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft juſt laft laſt leaft learned lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferves occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon piece pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's prefent preferved profe publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſe reafon refpect ridicule ſay ſeems ſpeak tafte thefe theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation uſe verfe verfification virtue whofe writings