The Works of Alexander Pope: 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, Volume 5C. a J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... manners that will bear to be described ; it will then follow , that those species of poetry bid fairest to succeed at present , which deliver doctrines , not display Of this sort is didactic and descriptive poetry . Accord- ingly the ...
... manners that will bear to be described ; it will then follow , that those species of poetry bid fairest to succeed at present , which deliver doctrines , not display Of this sort is didactic and descriptive poetry . Accord- ingly the ...
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... manner of Boileau's . As to this noblest of his works , I know that he never dreamed of the scheme he afterwards adopted ; perhaps for good reasons ; for he had taken terror about the clergy , and Warburton himself , at the general ...
... manner of Boileau's . As to this noblest of his works , I know that he never dreamed of the scheme he afterwards adopted ; perhaps for good reasons ; for he had taken terror about the clergy , and Warburton himself , at the general ...
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... manner as entirely to change its object and tendency , is absurd , as in such case he must have altered the texture and con- struction of his whole work . The younger Richardson appears to have been an honest , but a weak man , who ...
... manner as entirely to change its object and tendency , is absurd , as in such case he must have altered the texture and con- struction of his whole work . The younger Richardson appears to have been an honest , but a weak man , who ...
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... manner in which the poet has treated his subject , and from judging of it by detached parts and expressions , instead of comprehending the tenor and result of the whole . Those who have attempted to substantiate this objection have in ...
... manner in which the poet has treated his subject , and from judging of it by detached parts and expressions , instead of comprehending the tenor and result of the whole . Those who have attempted to substantiate this objection have in ...
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... manner not inconsistent with man's free will and moral agency . " Nor can we admit with Mr. Stewart , that the lines of Pope , " The general order since the whole began Is kept in nature , and is kept in man , " are inconsistent with ...
... manner not inconsistent with man's free will and moral agency . " Nor can we admit with Mr. Stewart , that the lines of Pope , " The general order since the whole began Is kept in nature , and is kept in man , " are inconsistent with ...
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