An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756-1782)Garland Pub., 1974 - Verse satire, English |
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... readers . " This effect , fays he , [ History of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is usually ... reader of tafte and judgment . Homer copied trae natural man- ners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will ...
... readers . " This effect , fays he , [ History of England , pag . 738. ] of which every one is conscious , is usually ... reader of tafte and judgment . Homer copied trae natural man- ners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will ...
Page 103
... reader . But at what period of time could this be justly said , if we consider the very early institution of facrifice , according to the scripture - account of this venerable rite ? 40. Ah ! how unlike the man of times to come ! Of ...
... reader . But at what period of time could this be justly said , if we consider the very early institution of facrifice , according to the scripture - account of this venerable rite ? 40. Ah ! how unlike the man of times to come ! Of ...
Page 407
... reader believe that they had engroffed and monopolized all the ge- nius , and all the honefty of the age , in which ... readers , efpecially of the younger fort , how very inferior and unlike it is to the ori- ginal , and how much ...
... reader believe that they had engroffed and monopolized all the ge- nius , and all the honefty of the age , in which ... readers , efpecially of the younger fort , how very inferior and unlike it is to the ori- ginal , and how much ...
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