The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, 1769 - 578 pages |
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... ftill , as he affures us , he read without any defign but that of pleasing himself . He profecuted fuch ftudies as accident threw in his way , or as the caprice of fancy inclined him to pursue . He used to obferve , that , during this ...
... ftill , as he affures us , he read without any defign but that of pleasing himself . He profecuted fuch ftudies as accident threw in his way , or as the caprice of fancy inclined him to pursue . He used to obferve , that , during this ...
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... ftill nature , though metho- dized . This he explains by a happy illuftra- tion , wherein he gives a juft definition of liberty ; from whence we may perceive how effentially it differs from that licentiousness , which too often ufurps ...
... ftill nature , though metho- dized . This he explains by a happy illuftra- tion , wherein he gives a juft definition of liberty ; from whence we may perceive how effentially it differs from that licentiousness , which too often ufurps ...
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... ftill remain , let them be vented againft obfcenity and impiety . Here he takes occafion to brand the fat age of pleasure --- " When Love was all an eafy monarch's care . " There is great merit in the following beauti ful lines , in ...
... ftill remain , let them be vented againft obfcenity and impiety . Here he takes occafion to brand the fat age of pleasure --- " When Love was all an eafy monarch's care . " There is great merit in the following beauti ful lines , in ...
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... the Mæonian ftar . " With the Stagirite , Horace is contrafted , and his character is juftly and happily described in two lines . " Horace " Horace ftill charms with graceful negligence , " And ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 93.
... the Mæonian ftar . " With the Stagirite , Horace is contrafted , and his character is juftly and happily described in two lines . " Horace " Horace ftill charms with graceful negligence , " And ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 93.
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... ftill charms with graceful negligence , " And without Method talks us into fenfe . " That of Dionyfius fucceeds " See Dionyfius Homer's thoughts refine , " And call new beauties forth from ev'ry " line ! " These verses are cenfured by ...
... ftill charms with graceful negligence , " And without Method talks us into fenfe . " That of Dionyfius fucceeds " See Dionyfius Homer's thoughts refine , " And call new beauties forth from ev'ry " line ! " These verses are cenfured by ...
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