The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 11806 |
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... character of the writer . What man , indeed , if all the errors of his youth were feverely scanned , could escape cenfure ? In other respects , the letters are natural , interesting , and creditable to his feelings . Among the omiffions ...
... character of the writer . What man , indeed , if all the errors of his youth were feverely scanned , could escape cenfure ? In other respects , the letters are natural , interesting , and creditable to his feelings . Among the omiffions ...
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... character of his mind , must appear fuperfluous ; charity also might seem to suggest , when so many years have passed since the grave closed over his virtues and his infirmities , that we should now , " No farther seek his merits to ...
... character of his mind , must appear fuperfluous ; charity also might seem to suggest , when so many years have passed since the grave closed over his virtues and his infirmities , that we should now , " No farther seek his merits to ...
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... character of a person , esti- mable indeed for many virtues , but those blended , as all human excellence must be , with fhades of infir- mity ; diftinguished for fuperior poetical talents , and pre - eminently adorning the literature ...
... character of a person , esti- mable indeed for many virtues , but those blended , as all human excellence must be , with fhades of infir- mity ; diftinguished for fuperior poetical talents , and pre - eminently adorning the literature ...
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... character in the republic of letters . At the age of nineteen he wrote the Effay on Criticifm . This was , indeed , a most singular and striking pro- duction ; and as we may date from it the first public enmity of the author to his ...
... character in the republic of letters . At the age of nineteen he wrote the Effay on Criticifm . This was , indeed , a most singular and striking pro- duction ; and as we may date from it the first public enmity of the author to his ...
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... greatest regard to Pope's rifing character , by judicious and affectionate advice ; in particular when he left the Forest , to mix with gayer society in London . But But at this dangerous period , when the mind is OF POPE . xxix.
... greatest regard to Pope's rifing character , by judicious and affectionate advice ; in particular when he left the Forest , to mix with gayer society in London . But But at this dangerous period , when the mind is OF POPE . xxix.
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