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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... censure , which even his own citations contradict . He admits , for inftance , that though , speak- ing of old FATHER THAMES , the trite and ob- vious infignia of a river god are attributed to him , yet there is one circumftance in his ...
... censure , which even his own citations contradict . He admits , for inftance , that though , speak- ing of old FATHER THAMES , the trite and ob- vious infignia of a river god are attributed to him , yet there is one circumftance in his ...
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... extended his censure likewise to the following lines , where the poet defcribes the grief and defpair of the lover , who loft his Eurydice by looking back . " Now " Now under hanging mountains , " Befide the falls 62 THE LIFE OF.
... extended his censure likewise to the following lines , where the poet defcribes the grief and defpair of the lover , who loft his Eurydice by looking back . " Now " Now under hanging mountains , " Befide the falls 62 THE LIFE OF.
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