The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius |
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... paffages are taken . As in justice to the public , he would not pre- fume to alter expreffions which he could not mend ; fo in juftice to himself , he would not incur A 2 incur the fufpicion , of attempting to conceal the true.
... paffages are taken . As in justice to the public , he would not pre- fume to alter expreffions which he could not mend ; fo in juftice to himself , he would not incur A 2 incur the fufpicion , of attempting to conceal the true.
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... himself , and of his writings ; and the history of the author and of the man are fo intimately blended , that they ferve to illuftrate each other : fince , to an accu- rate obferver , the temper and morals of a writer generally breathe ...
... himself , and of his writings ; and the history of the author and of the man are fo intimately blended , that they ferve to illuftrate each other : fince , to an accu- rate obferver , the temper and morals of a writer generally breathe ...
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... himself was educated , and conftantly profeffed : but an oc- cafion will occur hereafter to fpeak more particularly of his religious principle . Homer , Homer , and was fo fmitten with the fubject , ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . II.
... himself was educated , and conftantly profeffed : but an oc- cafion will occur hereafter to fpeak more particularly of his religious principle . Homer , Homer , and was fo fmitten with the fubject , ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . II.
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... himself fo fenfible of the infufficiency of his mafter at Twiford , that , among his earliest pieces , he wrote a very juft fatire , ex- pofing the failings and defects he had discovered in him . In the course of his fchool exercifes ...
... himself fo fenfible of the infufficiency of his mafter at Twiford , that , among his earliest pieces , he wrote a very juft fatire , ex- pofing the failings and defects he had discovered in him . In the course of his fchool exercifes ...
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... intent 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- ...
... intent 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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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