The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... English poet the more amiable . He has not been a follower of fortune or success ; he has lived with the great without flattery ; been a friend to men in power , without penfions , from whom , as he asked , fo he received no favour ...
... English poet the more amiable . He has not been a follower of fortune or success ; he has lived with the great without flattery ; been a friend to men in power , without penfions , from whom , as he asked , fo he received no favour ...
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... English author has after " the fame manner exemplified several of the pre- " cepts in the very precepts themselves . " He then produces fome instances of a particular beauty in the numbers ; and concludes with saying , that " there ...
... English author has after " the fame manner exemplified several of the pre- " cepts in the very precepts themselves . " He then produces fome instances of a particular beauty in the numbers ; and concludes with saying , that " there ...
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... English , fo " his version denote his neglect of the manner how . " Strange variation ! We are told in MIST'S JOURNAL , June 8 . " That this tranflation of the Iliad was not in all re- " spects conformable to the fine taste of his ...
... English , fo " his version denote his neglect of the manner how . " Strange variation ! We are told in MIST'S JOURNAL , June 8 . " That this tranflation of the Iliad was not in all re- " spects conformable to the fine taste of his ...
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... English with as little disadvantage to that immortal poem . " As to the rest , there is a flight mistake ; for this younger muse was an elder ; nor was the gentleman ( who is a friend of our author ) employed by Mr. Ad- dison to ...
... English with as little disadvantage to that immortal poem . " As to the rest , there is a flight mistake ; for this younger muse was an elder ; nor was the gentleman ( who is a friend of our author ) employed by Mr. Ad- dison to ...
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... English tongue we have " scarce any thing truly and naturally written upon " love ( / ) . " He also , in taxing Sir Richard Black- more for his heterodox opinions of Homer , challen geth him to answer what Mr. Pope hath faid in his ...
... English tongue we have " scarce any thing truly and naturally written upon " love ( / ) . " He also , in taxing Sir Richard Black- more for his heterodox opinions of Homer , challen geth him to answer what Mr. Pope hath faid in his ...
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