The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Volume 1A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 - English literature |
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... judge , rather than to " the malice of every short - fighted and malevolent critic , or inadvertent and cenforious reader . And no hand can fet " them in fo good a light . " . Let . exx . to Mr. W. b " I alfo give and bequeath to the ...
... judge , rather than to " the malice of every short - fighted and malevolent critic , or inadvertent and cenforious reader . And no hand can fet " them in fo good a light . " . Let . exx . to Mr. W. b " I alfo give and bequeath to the ...
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... judge of them at first , and too much judgment to be pleased with them at last . But I have Reason to think they can have no reputation which will continue long , or which deferves to do fo : for they have always fallen fhort not only ...
... judge of them at first , and too much judgment to be pleased with them at last . But I have Reason to think they can have no reputation which will continue long , or which deferves to do fo : for they have always fallen fhort not only ...
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... judge of paftoral . And fince the inftructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in per- fection , they must of neceffity be derived from Fontenelle's Difc . of Paftorals . P. See the forementioned Preface . P. those ...
... judge of paftoral . And fince the inftructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in per- fection , they must of neceffity be derived from Fontenelle's Difc . of Paftorals . P. See the forementioned Preface . P. those ...
Page 92
... judge that Virgil did not copy it line by line , but felected fuch ideas as beft agreed with the nature of paftoral poetry , and difpofed them in that manner which served moft to beautify his piece . I have endeavoured the fame in this ...
... judge that Virgil did not copy it line by line , but felected fuch ideas as beft agreed with the nature of paftoral poetry , and difpofed them in that manner which served moft to beautify his piece . I have endeavoured the fame in this ...
Page 149
... judge ill , as to write ill , and a more dangerous one to the public , ver . I. That a true Tafte is as rare to be found , as a true Ge- nius , ver . 9 to 18 . That most men are born with some Tafte , but fpoiled by false Education ...
... judge ill , as to write ill , and a more dangerous one to the public , ver . I. That a true Tafte is as rare to be found , as a true Ge- nius , ver . 9 to 18 . That most men are born with some Tafte , but fpoiled by false Education ...
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