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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... first model . Critics follow them , and there- * The author of a Philofophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful . " " fore " fore can do little as guides . I can 2 ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 77.
... first model . Critics follow them , and there- * The author of a Philofophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful . " " fore " fore can do little as guides . I can 2 ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 77.
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... Sublime he draws . ' The fpirit , energy , and propriety of these lines * . are equally admirable ; and as the > * There feems , nevertheless , to be a grammatical inaccuracy in thefe lines , in making the copulative follow the genitive ...
... Sublime he draws . ' The fpirit , energy , and propriety of these lines * . are equally admirable ; and as the > * There feems , nevertheless , to be a grammatical inaccuracy in thefe lines , in making the copulative follow the genitive ...
Page 97
... sublime . Nevertheless , the excellence of this compofi- tion did not fecure it against the malice of cri- ticism . Mr. Dennis , and others , vented their fpleen against it ; but chiefly Mr. Dennis , a H furious furious old critic by ...
... sublime . Nevertheless , the excellence of this compofi- tion did not fecure it against the malice of cri- ticism . Mr. Dennis , and others , vented their fpleen against it ; but chiefly Mr. Dennis , a H furious furious old critic by ...
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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