The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... sense of " mankind in more strong , more beautiful , or more uncommon lights . If a reader examines Horace's art of poetry , he will find but few precepts in it " which he may not meet with in Aristotle , and " which were not commonly ...
... sense of " mankind in more strong , more beautiful , or more uncommon lights . If a reader examines Horace's art of poetry , he will find but few precepts in it " which he may not meet with in Aristotle , and " which were not commonly ...
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... sense of the word , for all flownefs of apprehenfion , shortness of fight , or im . perfect sense of things . It includes ( as we see by the poet's own words ) labour , industry , and some degrees of activity and boldness : = a ruling ...
... sense of the word , for all flownefs of apprehenfion , shortness of fight , or im . perfect sense of things . It includes ( as we see by the poet's own words ) labour , industry , and some degrees of activity and boldness : = a ruling ...
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... sense . P. Ver . 43. Sepulcbral lies , ] Is'a just satire on the flatteries and- falfehoods admitted to be inscribed on the walls of churches , in epitaphs : which occafioned the following epigram . Friend ! in your epitaphs , I'm griev ...
... sense . P. Ver . 43. Sepulcbral lies , ] Is'a just satire on the flatteries and- falfehoods admitted to be inscribed on the walls of churches , in epitaphs : which occafioned the following epigram . Friend ! in your epitaphs , I'm griev ...
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... sense in his thoughts , nor English " in his expressions . " DENNIS , Rem , on Hom . pref . p . 2 , 91 , & c . Besides these public spirited reasons , Mr. D. had a private one ; which , by his manner of expreffing it in p . 92 , appears ...
... sense in his thoughts , nor English " in his expressions . " DENNIS , Rem , on Hom . pref . p . 2 , 91 , & c . Besides these public spirited reasons , Mr. D. had a private one ; which , by his manner of expreffing it in p . 92 , appears ...
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... sense , but found no bottom there , Yet wrote and flounder'd on , in mere despair . I 20 Round REMARKS . " shew his wit , or for fome profit or lucre to himself . " Life of C. C. chap . vii . and Letter to Mr. P. p . 15 , 40 , 53. And ...
... sense , but found no bottom there , Yet wrote and flounder'd on , in mere despair . I 20 Round REMARKS . " shew his wit , or for fome profit or lucre to himself . " Life of C. C. chap . vii . and Letter to Mr. P. p . 15 , 40 , 53. And ...
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