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 35
... kind confiftent , that every day fhould be a dog - day ? The British fhepherd might very confiftently defcribe what he often felt , though not fo frequently as the Grecian ; and we have days in England , which might make even a Grecian ...
... kind confiftent , that every day fhould be a dog - day ? The British fhepherd might very confiftently defcribe what he often felt , though not fo frequently as the Grecian ; and we have days in England , which might make even a Grecian ...
Page 38
... kind of poetry , arises from a natural cafe of thought , and fmoothness of verse . Now nothing can be more fimple and natural , and at the fame time more plaintive and pathetic , than the image of Mr. POPE ; nor can any thing be ...
... kind of poetry , arises from a natural cafe of thought , and fmoothness of verse . Now nothing can be more fimple and natural , and at the fame time more plaintive and pathetic , than the image of Mr. POPE ; nor can any thing be ...
Page 42
... kind of poetry , and a judgment that far ex- ceeds his years . He has taken very freely from the autients , but what he has mixed of his own with theirs , is no way inferior to what he has taken from them . It is not flattery to say ...
... kind of poetry , and a judgment that far ex- ceeds his years . He has taken very freely from the autients , but what he has mixed of his own with theirs , is no way inferior to what he has taken from them . It is not flattery to say ...
Page 49
... kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken . The old man then lay down , fatisfied in the confcience of having by this one act , paid his juft debts , obliged a woman , who ( he was told ) had merit , and fhewn an ...
... kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken . The old man then lay down , fatisfied in the confcience of having by this one act , paid his juft debts , obliged a woman , who ( he was told ) had merit , and fhewn an ...
Page 56
... kind feafons fwell'd the teeming grain , " Soft fhow'rs diftill'd , and funs grew warm “ in vain ; " The fwain with tears his fruftrate labour " yields , " And famifh'd dies amidst his ripen'd fields . " Our poet clofes this melancholy ...
... kind feafons fwell'd the teeming grain , " Soft fhow'rs diftill'd , and funs grew warm “ in vain ; " The fwain with tears his fruftrate labour " yields , " And famifh'd dies amidst his ripen'd fields . " Our poet clofes this melancholy ...
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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