The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius |
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... excellent preface before his works . " I con- fefs , " fays he , " there was a time when I was in love with myfelf , and my first productions were the children of felf - love upon innocence . I had made an epic poem , and panegyrics on ...
... excellent preface before his works . " I con- fefs , " fays he , " there was a time when I was in love with myfelf , and my first productions were the children of felf - love upon innocence . I had made an epic poem , and panegyrics on ...
Page 31
... excellent difcourfe prefixed to these pastorals , he concludes with the following declaration . " But after all , if they have any merit , it is to " be attributed to fome good old authors , whofe " works as I had leifure to ftudy , fo ...
... excellent difcourfe prefixed to these pastorals , he concludes with the following declaration . " But after all , if they have any merit , it is to " be attributed to fome good old authors , whofe " works as I had leifure to ftudy , fo ...
Page 101
... excellent verfion of my Essay ; F " fhould not only appear the beft writer in the " world , but what I much more defire to be " thought , the moft your fervant of any man " living . ' Tis an advantage , very rarely known , " to receive ...
... excellent verfion of my Essay ; F " fhould not only appear the beft writer in the " world , but what I much more defire to be " thought , the moft your fervant of any man " living . ' Tis an advantage , very rarely known , " to receive ...
Page 102
... excellent of all heroi - comic compofitions . But to have a perfect relish for this excellent piece of raillery , it will be neceffary to be ap prized of the following anecdotes , which gave rife to it . Mr. Caryl ( a gentleman who was ...
... excellent of all heroi - comic compofitions . But to have a perfect relish for this excellent piece of raillery , it will be neceffary to be ap prized of the following anecdotes , which gave rife to it . Mr. Caryl ( a gentleman who was ...
Page 123
... excellent good fenfe , fraught with such useful moral , and expreffed with fuch harmony of numbers , that no reader of fenti- ment and tafte will think the following quota- tion too long . Say , " Say , why are Beauties prais'd and ...
... excellent good fenfe , fraught with such useful moral , and expreffed with fuch harmony of numbers , that no reader of fenti- ment and tafte will think the following quota- tion too long . Say , " Say , why are Beauties prais'd and ...
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affured againſt beautiful becauſe beft cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplay Dunciad Effay effayift epiftle ev'ry excellent expreffed faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fenfibility fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking fubject fublime fuch fuperior fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrates imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft juſt laft laſt leaft learned lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferves occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon piece pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's prefent preferved profe publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſe reafon refpect ridicule ſay ſeems ſpeak tafte thefe theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation uſe verfe verfification virtue whofe writings