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 - 578 Seiten |
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... fhould , even under the like early cultivation , bear fuch unequal crops of fame . But if we attend minutely to the caufes by which men have acquired renown , we shall find that perhaps the far greater part owed their reputation to ...
... fhould , even under the like early cultivation , bear fuch unequal crops of fame . But if we attend minutely to the caufes by which men have acquired renown , we shall find that perhaps the far greater part owed their reputation to ...
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... fhould read , faid he , in a very different manner now than when I had my early fit of reading , from 14 to 20. Then it was merely from the amusement the story afforded me , now it fhould be with the view of learn- ing how to make ...
... fhould read , faid he , in a very different manner now than when I had my early fit of reading , from 14 to 20. Then it was merely from the amusement the story afforded me , now it fhould be with the view of learn- ing how to make ...
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... fhould blush to mislead , fo I equally fcorn to prepoffefs the reader . 66 The paftorals are the first pieces which fall under the examination of our critic ; and with refpect to thefe , he obferves in the very open- ing , " that it is ...
... fhould blush to mislead , fo I equally fcorn to prepoffefs the reader . 66 The paftorals are the first pieces which fall under the examination of our critic ; and with refpect to thefe , he obferves in the very open- ing , " that it is ...
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... fhould dance again , " The moving mountains hear the pow'rful call , " And headlong freams hang lift ' ning in their fall . " The laft line furely presents a new image , and a bold one too * . The following couplet likewife from the ...
... fhould dance again , " The moving mountains hear the pow'rful call , " And headlong freams hang lift ' ning in their fall . " The laft line furely presents a new image , and a bold one too * . The following couplet likewife from the ...
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... 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 faint . He admits , however ...
... 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 faint . He admits , however ...
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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