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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... fenfe ? " Yet then did Dennis rave in furious pet : " I never answer'd - I was not in debt . " Dennis had certainly published nothing ; but as he did not join in the general voice of praise , this circum- stance alone , from one who was ...
... fenfe ? " Yet then did Dennis rave in furious pet : " I never answer'd - I was not in debt . " Dennis had certainly published nothing ; but as he did not join in the general voice of praise , this circum- stance alone , from one who was ...
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... fenfe on fuch an imputation , but I wonder he forgot a case exactly in point : " If Addison was actuated by jealousy , when he diffuaded the additions to the Rape of the Lock ; " upon the same principles we must grant , that Pope was ...
... fenfe on fuch an imputation , but I wonder he forgot a case exactly in point : " If Addison was actuated by jealousy , when he diffuaded the additions to the Rape of the Lock ; " upon the same principles we must grant , that Pope was ...
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... the " Epilogue to the Satires , " which has the date prefixed of 1738 . * " See Chloe , deaf to honour , fenfe , and worth , " Marries the dullness of a son of Earth . " As As he had before attacked the King , so , OF POPE . cxi.
... the " Epilogue to the Satires , " which has the date prefixed of 1738 . * " See Chloe , deaf to honour , fenfe , and worth , " Marries the dullness of a son of Earth . " As As he had before attacked the King , so , OF POPE . cxi.
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... fenfe , and profound knowledge of life . It is written with such fimplicity that scarcely a fingle metaphor is to be found in it . Atterbury was so delighted with it , that he tells our Author he had read it over twice with pleasure ...
... fenfe , and profound knowledge of life . It is written with such fimplicity that scarcely a fingle metaphor is to be found in it . Atterbury was so delighted with it , that he tells our Author he had read it over twice with pleasure ...
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... fenfe . ( and indeed there are twenty men of wit , for one man of sense ) his living thus in a course of flattery may put him in no fmall danger of becoming a Coxcomb : if he has , he will confequently have fo much diffidence as not to ...
... fenfe . ( and indeed there are twenty men of wit , for one man of sense ) his living thus in a course of flattery may put him in no fmall danger of becoming a Coxcomb : if he has , he will confequently have fo much diffidence as not to ...
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Page 306 - Safe from the treach'rous friend, the daring spark, The glance by day, the whisper in the dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires ? Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Though honour is the word with men below.
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