The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq, Volume 5Longman, Brown, 1847 |
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... Aristotle . Accordingly he withheld the nuptial embrace when the wind was in any point of the south ; this author asserting , that the grossness and moisture of the southerly winds occasion the procreation of females , and not of males ...
... Aristotle . Accordingly he withheld the nuptial embrace when the wind was in any point of the south ; this author asserting , that the grossness and moisture of the southerly winds occasion the procreation of females , and not of males ...
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... Aristotle , Plato , and Aristophanes . " The play which the Italians call cinque , and the French mourre , is extremely ancient ; it was played at by Hymen and Cupid at the marriage of Psyché , and termed by the Latins , digitis micare ...
... Aristotle , Plato , and Aristophanes . " The play which the Italians call cinque , and the French mourre , is extremely ancient ; it was played at by Hymen and Cupid at the marriage of Psyché , and termed by the Latins , digitis micare ...
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... Aristotle ) they taught all the virtues ? Else might we turn Newgate into a college of Dorian musicians , who should teach moral virtues to those people . Whence comes it that our present diseases are so stubborn ? whence is it that I ...
... Aristotle ) they taught all the virtues ? Else might we turn Newgate into a college of Dorian musicians , who should teach moral virtues to those people . Whence comes it that our present diseases are so stubborn ? whence is it that I ...
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... Aristotle saith , that the hyperbole is an ornament fit for young men of quality ; accordingly we find in those gentlemen a wonderful propensity towards it , which is marvellously improved by travelling . Soldiers also and seamen are ...
... Aristotle saith , that the hyperbole is an ornament fit for young men of quality ; accordingly we find in those gentlemen a wonderful propensity towards it , which is marvellously improved by travelling . Soldiers also and seamen are ...
Page 279
... Aristotle , and notandi mores of Horace . Dacier , Bossu , Shaftesbury , Harris , maintain that the words mean , that the manners should be only poetically good ; but Heinsius , Hare , Batteaux , Marmontel , and Twining , insist that ...
... Aristotle , and notandi mores of Horace . Dacier , Bossu , Shaftesbury , Harris , maintain that the words mean , that the manners should be only poetically good ; but Heinsius , Hare , Batteaux , Marmontel , and Twining , insist that ...
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