Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, 1. köideThe author, 1745 |
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... Befides this , I thought it highly proper , writing of Mr. Pope's Patrons and Friends , not barely to mention their Names , but to give fo much of their Character as might Show of what Clafs ( not only as to Quality , but Tafe and ...
... Befides this , I thought it highly proper , writing of Mr. Pope's Patrons and Friends , not barely to mention their Names , but to give fo much of their Character as might Show of what Clafs ( not only as to Quality , but Tafe and ...
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... befides that general Moral of Innocence and Simplicity , which is common to other Authors of Paftoral , he has one peculiar to himself ; he com- pares humane Life to the feveral Seafons , and , at once expofes to his Readers a View of ...
... befides that general Moral of Innocence and Simplicity , which is common to other Authors of Paftoral , he has one peculiar to himself ; he com- pares humane Life to the feveral Seafons , and , at once expofes to his Readers a View of ...
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... Befides , to bestow heightning on every Part is monftrous : Some Parts ought to be lower than the reft ; and nothing looks more ridiculous , than a Work , where the Thoughts , however different in their own Nature , seem all on a level ...
... Befides , to bestow heightning on every Part is monftrous : Some Parts ought to be lower than the reft ; and nothing looks more ridiculous , than a Work , where the Thoughts , however different in their own Nature , seem all on a level ...
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... befides his other Works ; the chief of which , with four of his Plays , are publish'd in Two Volumes Octavo . If I did not allow this Gentleman to be a Poet , and the greatest Critick of this Age , I should be wanting in Juftice VOL . I ...
... befides his other Works ; the chief of which , with four of his Plays , are publish'd in Two Volumes Octavo . If I did not allow this Gentleman to be a Poet , and the greatest Critick of this Age , I should be wanting in Juftice VOL . I ...
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... . He has written , befides his Poetry , An Effay on Publick Spirit , and feveral other learned Tracts in Profe ; and a Collecti- on of Letters very much admir'd . 1 appear both to you and me to have been of ALEXANDER POPE , Efq ; 51 1.
... . He has written , befides his Poetry , An Effay on Publick Spirit , and feveral other learned Tracts in Profe ; and a Collecti- on of Letters very much admir'd . 1 appear both to you and me to have been of ALEXANDER POPE , Efq ; 51 1.
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