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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... pleasure . He did not remain long , however , under the tuition of the prieft ; he was fent from him , in a little time , to a private fchool at Twiford near Winchefter . Neither did he continue there any confiderable time ; for in ...
... pleasure . He did not remain long , however , under the tuition of the prieft ; he was fent from him , in a little time , to a private fchool at Twiford near Winchefter . Neither did he continue there any confiderable time ; for in ...
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... pleasure : and his masters either . wanted fagacity to discover the bent of his genius , or talents to adapt their inftructions accordingly , fo as to render his ftudies an amufe- ment to him . Finding that he profited fo little under ...
... pleasure : and his masters either . wanted fagacity to discover the bent of his genius , or talents to adapt their inftructions accordingly , fo as to render his ftudies an amufe- ment to him . Finding that he profited fo little under ...
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... pleasures : so that his tender frame preferved him from those modes of intemperance , to which genius , in particular , has often proved a victim . The ftrength of the paffions , as has been hinted , will always be in proportion to the ...
... pleasures : so that his tender frame preferved him from those modes of intemperance , to which genius , in particular , has often proved a victim . The ftrength of the paffions , as has been hinted , will always be in proportion to the ...
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... pleasure and unremitted atten- tion . He used to say , that Dryden had improv- ed the art of verfification beyond any of the preceeding poets , and that he would have been perfect in it , had he not been so often obliged to write with ...
... pleasure and unremitted atten- tion . He used to say , that Dryden had improv- ed the art of verfification beyond any of the preceeding poets , and that he would have been perfect in it , had he not been so often obliged to write with ...
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... pleasure in laughing at the childish extravagances in this poem , and in mentioning them to his friends . Among these , was a defcription of a Scythian hero , who contemned a pillow , though of fnow , as luxury and effeminacy . Some of ...
... pleasure in laughing at the childish extravagances in this poem , and in mentioning them to his friends . Among these , was a defcription of a Scythian hero , who contemned a pillow , though of fnow , as luxury and effeminacy . Some of ...
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