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 |
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... because the office hath been abufed by half learned or en- vious witlings ; who have been curious to de- tect blemishes , forgetting the other and more pleafing task of a critic , which is to point out beauties . Many Many of those who ...
... because the office hath been abufed by half learned or en- vious witlings ; who have been curious to de- tect blemishes , forgetting the other and more pleafing task of a critic , which is to point out beauties . Many Many of those who ...
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... because they are in themselves exquifite , but because they are fcarce and rare . If they are common , they in fome degree lofe their value , and confequently any other reward , though lefs exquifite in itself , is most likely to become ...
... because they are in themselves exquifite , but because they are fcarce and rare . If they are common , they in fome degree lofe their value , and confequently any other reward , though lefs exquifite in itself , is most likely to become ...
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... because it fo highly celebrated that treaty of peace which he deemed fo pernici- ous to the liberties of Europe ; and as a poet , because he was deeply confcious that his own Ca : npaign , that gazette in rhyme , contained no ftrokes of ...
... because it fo highly celebrated that treaty of peace which he deemed fo pernici- ous to the liberties of Europe ; and as a poet , because he was deeply confcious that his own Ca : npaign , that gazette in rhyme , contained no ftrokes of ...
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... because he does not immediately perceive that fertility and abundance , which fpring up from it on profound cultivation . Though our poet be as fublime as Pindar , yet he is infinitely more regular and philofophic : and it was here his ...
... because he does not immediately perceive that fertility and abundance , which fpring up from it on profound cultivation . Though our poet be as fublime as Pindar , yet he is infinitely more regular and philofophic : and it was here his ...
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... because it would then moft naturally ex- hibit the act of paffing through a long space in a fhort time . It may , on this occafion , be worth remarking too , that though unbending be indeed fluggish , and ill - adapted , by its found ...
... because it would then moft naturally ex- hibit the act of paffing through a long space in a fhort time . It may , on this occafion , be worth remarking too , that though unbending be indeed fluggish , and ill - adapted , by its found ...
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