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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... made him intent on every fubject he read , he infenfibly made himself mafter of the learned and modern languages . His paffion for poetry , however , being pre- dominant His 16 THE LIFE OF this could be no more than a bare recommen- ...
... made him intent on every fubject he read , he infenfibly made himself mafter of the learned and modern languages . His paffion for poetry , however , being pre- dominant His 16 THE LIFE OF this could be no more than a bare recommen- ...
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... then between the years of thirteen and fifteen , compofed a comedy and a tragedy . With regard to the fubject of the former , we are wholly in C 4 the the dark ; the latter however was founded on a ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 23.
... then between the years of thirteen and fifteen , compofed a comedy and a tragedy . With regard to the fubject of the former , we are wholly in C 4 the the dark ; the latter however was founded on a ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 23.
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... fubject with that of mine on Mrs. Tem- peft's death , I fhould take it very kindly in you to give it a little turn , as if it were to the memory of the fame lady , if they were not written for fome particular woman , whom you would make ...
... fubject with that of mine on Mrs. Tem- peft's death , I fhould take it very kindly in you to give it a little turn , as if it were to the memory of the fame lady , if they were not written for fome particular woman , whom you would make ...
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... fubject of those fongs , throws an air of ridicule on what the poet in- tended to be serious ; and makes these numbers , as the critic obferves , of fo burlefque and ridi- culous a kind , that one is concerned to find them in a serious ...
... fubject of those fongs , throws an air of ridicule on what the poet in- tended to be serious ; and makes these numbers , as the critic obferves , of fo burlefque and ridi- culous a kind , that one is concerned to find them in a serious ...
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... fubject and the modulation is very fenfibly felt * . The effayift , however , candidly admits that the fupplicating fong at the beginning of the fifth flanza is highly pathetic and poetical . By the ftreams that ever flow , દ By the ...
... fubject and the modulation is very fenfibly felt * . The effayift , however , candidly admits that the fupplicating fong at the beginning of the fifth flanza is highly pathetic and poetical . By the ftreams that ever flow , દ By the ...
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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