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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... paffion which excites it : and this again in a great measure depends on certain conftitutional , though unknown , differences in the ftructure of our minds . As fuch affiduity alone , can procure and eter- nize B 2 As ALEXANDER POPE ...
... paffion which excites it : and this again in a great measure depends on certain conftitutional , though unknown , differences in the ftructure of our minds . As fuch affiduity alone , can procure and eter- nize B 2 As ALEXANDER POPE ...
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... rare inftance , where the paffion which infpires a genius , is fo strong and irrefiftible , as to rife fuperior to all difcouragements and , oppofitions . toxication toxication of the fofter pleafures . Thus in many , 4 THE LIFE OF.
... rare inftance , where the paffion which infpires a genius , is fo strong and irrefiftible , as to rife fuperior to all difcouragements and , oppofitions . toxication toxication of the fofter pleafures . Thus in many , 4 THE LIFE OF.
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... paffion for poetry was fo ftrong , that he often declared he began to write verfes earlier in life than he could call to memory ; and he says , in his Epifle to Dr. Arbuthnot : " I lifp'd in numbers , for the numbers came . " When he ...
... paffion for poetry was fo ftrong , that he often declared he began to write verfes earlier in life than he could call to memory ; and he says , in his Epifle to Dr. Arbuthnot : " I lifp'd in numbers , for the numbers came . " When he ...
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... 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- ...
... 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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... paffion for poetry , however , being pre- dominant , he was eager to explore all the trea- fures of Parnaffus ; and between this and his twentieth year , he devoted himself entirely to the reading of the most confiderable poets and ...
... paffion for poetry , however , being pre- dominant , he was eager to explore all the trea- fures of Parnaffus ; and between this and his twentieth year , he devoted himself entirely to the reading of the most confiderable poets and ...
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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