The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 41806 |
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... design he communicated to his excellent friend Dr. ARBUTHNOT ; who , although as a man of Wit and Learning he might not have been displeased to fee their com- mon injuries revenged on this pernicious Tribe ; yet , as our Au- thor's ...
... design he communicated to his excellent friend Dr. ARBUTHNOT ; who , although as a man of Wit and Learning he might not have been displeased to fee their com- mon injuries revenged on this pernicious Tribe ; yet , as our Au- thor's ...
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... design taking air , some " of your sharp wits , I found , had made use of it before me ; " otherwise I intended to have stolen one of them in the shape of a MUMMY , and the other , in that of a Crocodile . " This fally of Cibber , it ...
... design taking air , some " of your sharp wits , I found , had made use of it before me ; " otherwise I intended to have stolen one of them in the shape of a MUMMY , and the other , in that of a Crocodile . " This fally of Cibber , it ...
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... designs , Proud of a vast extent of flimzy lines ! Whom have I hurt ? has Poet yet , or Peer , Loft the arch'd eye - brow , or Parnassian sneer ? NOTES . VER . 88. " Si fractus illabatur orbis , 90 95 And POPE . Impavidum ferient ruinĉ ...
... designs , Proud of a vast extent of flimzy lines ! Whom have I hurt ? has Poet yet , or Peer , Loft the arch'd eye - brow , or Parnassian sneer ? NOTES . VER . 88. " Si fractus illabatur orbis , 90 95 And POPE . Impavidum ferient ruinĉ ...
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... design'd , whatever his morals might be , had yet confiderable abilities , though marred by affectation . Some of his speeches in parliament were much beyond florid impotence . They were , it is true , in favour of Sir R. Walpole ; and ...
... design'd , whatever his morals might be , had yet confiderable abilities , though marred by affectation . Some of his speeches in parliament were much beyond florid impotence . They were , it is true , in favour of Sir R. Walpole ; and ...
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... design or colouring chance to fuit his purpose , it is well : if not , he employs his own , with . out fcruple or ceremony . Hence it is , he is fo frequently serious when Horace is in jeft ; and at ease where Horace is disturbed . In a ...
... design or colouring chance to fuit his purpose , it is well : if not , he employs his own , with . out fcruple or ceremony . Hence it is , he is fo frequently serious when Horace is in jeft ; and at ease where Horace is disturbed . In a ...
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Page 413 - His similes are like pictures, where the principal figure has not only its proportion given agreeable to the original, but is also set off with occasional ornaments and prospects.
Page 215 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding Steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But Kings in Wit may want discerning spirit.
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