The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Life of Alexander Pope. PoemsB. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, 1797 |
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Page xi
... faid to have made a poet of Cowley ; that Ogilby fhould give our author his firft poetic plea- fures , is a remarkable circumstance . But Dryden foon became his chief favourite , and his model . And a 2 as as a defire to fee eminent men ...
... faid to have made a poet of Cowley ; that Ogilby fhould give our author his firft poetic plea- fures , is a remarkable circumstance . But Dryden foon became his chief favourite , and his model . And a 2 as as a defire to fee eminent men ...
Page xii
... faid to be his earliest production , yet DodЛley , who was honoured with his intimacy , had feen feveral pieces of a ftill earlier date . It is re- markable that , precisely at the fame age , Voltaire produced his firft copy of verfes ...
... faid to be his earliest production , yet DodЛley , who was honoured with his intimacy , had feen feveral pieces of a ftill earlier date . It is re- markable that , precisely at the fame age , Voltaire produced his firft copy of verfes ...
Page xiii
... faid , that these are marks of vanity and felf - confidence , let it be remembered that he who in youth has never grafped in his mind at more than he could perform , will never arrive at eminence and excellence in any art . At * Mr ...
... faid , that these are marks of vanity and felf - confidence , let it be remembered that he who in youth has never grafped in his mind at more than he could perform , will never arrive at eminence and excellence in any art . At * Mr ...
Page xiv
... faid , and indeed truly , that they want invention ; and it is thought a fuffi- cient anfwer to obferve , that this is to require what was never intended . But this is a confeffion of the very fault imputed to them . There ought to have ...
... faid , and indeed truly , that they want invention ; and it is thought a fuffi- cient anfwer to obferve , that this is to require what was never intended . But this is a confeffion of the very fault imputed to them . There ought to have ...
Page xv
... faid a man of wit , De morbis ' artificum . Among authors , jealousy and envy are " incurable difeafes . " . When * But another critical treatise of Fontenelle deserves to be spo- ken of in very different terms ; his Reflexions fur la ...
... faid a man of wit , De morbis ' artificum . Among authors , jealousy and envy are " incurable difeafes . " . When * But another critical treatise of Fontenelle deserves to be spo- ken of in very different terms ; his Reflexions fur la ...
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