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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... muft indeed be confeffed , that this fiction of the ima- gination , is , in the foregoing inftance , used rather licenti- oufly . But the critic is mistaken in faying , that our au thor has copied the original literally ; fince , as ...
... muft indeed be confeffed , that this fiction of the ima- gination , is , in the foregoing inftance , used rather licenti- oufly . But the critic is mistaken in faying , that our au thor has copied the original literally ; fince , as ...
Page 37
... muft fuffer in a literal tranflation , " Would I could become a mur- muring bee , fly into your grotto , and be per- mitted to creep among the leaves of ivy and fern , that compofe the chaplet which adorns your head . " POPE , he ...
... muft fuffer in a literal tranflation , " Would I could become a mur- muring bee , fly into your grotto , and be per- mitted to creep among the leaves of ivy and fern , that compofe the chaplet which adorns your head . " POPE , he ...
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... ear in listening is paffive : and if the rhyme would have admitted , the verb engage fhould feem moft proper . Impartial judgment muft , nevertheless , in fome degree , Impar- 38 THE LIFE OF toral images to be fimple and natural. The ...
... ear in listening is paffive : and if the rhyme would have admitted , the verb engage fhould feem moft proper . Impartial judgment muft , nevertheless , in fome degree , Impar- 38 THE LIFE OF toral images to be fimple and natural. The ...
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... muft , nevertheless , in fome degree , fubfcribe to the propriety of our critic's animadverfion on the riddle of the Royal oak , in the first paftoral , which is in imitation of the Virgilian enigma ; and , as he well ob- ferves ...
... muft , nevertheless , in fome degree , fubfcribe to the propriety of our critic's animadverfion on the riddle of the Royal oak , in the first paftoral , which is in imitation of the Virgilian enigma ; and , as he well ob- ferves ...
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... muft otherwife have been a little un- eafy to know my incapacity of returning his obligations , I may now , by bearing his frailties , exercife my gratitude and friendship more , than himself either is , or perhaps ever will be fenfible ...
... muft otherwife have been a little un- eafy to know my incapacity of returning his obligations , I may now , by bearing his frailties , exercife my gratitude and friendship more , than himself either is , or perhaps ever will be fenfible ...
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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