The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... poet and most judicious critic of his age and country , ad- mirable for his talents , and yet perhaps more admi- rable for his judgment in the proper application of them ; I cannot help remarking the resemblance bé twixt him and our ...
... poet and most judicious critic of his age and country , ad- mirable for his talents , and yet perhaps more admi- rable for his judgment in the proper application of them ; I cannot help remarking the resemblance bé twixt him and our ...
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... 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 , but what ...
... 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 , but what ...
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... . A fatire upon dulness is a thing that has been used and allowed in all ages . Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee , wicked . fcribbler ! TESTI- TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS CONCERNING Our POET and his WORKS . 16 PROLEGOMENA .
... . A fatire upon dulness is a thing that has been used and allowed in all ages . Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee , wicked . fcribbler ! TESTI- TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS CONCERNING Our POET and his WORKS . 16 PROLEGOMENA .
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... poet : various indeed , not only of different authors , but of the fame author at different feafons . Nor shall we gather only the testimonies of fuch eminent wits , as would of course descend to pofterity , and consequently be read ...
... poet : various indeed , not only of different authors , but of the fame author at different feafons . Nor shall we gather only the testimonies of fuch eminent wits , as would of course descend to pofterity , and consequently be read ...
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... Poet fuch a father , as Apuleius hath to Plato , Jamblichus to Pythagoras , and divers to Homer , namely , a d¿mon . For thus Mr. Gil- don ( n ) : " Certain it is , that his original is not from Adam , 66 ( a ) Giles Jacob's lives of Poets ...
... Poet fuch a father , as Apuleius hath to Plato , Jamblichus to Pythagoras , and divers to Homer , namely , a d¿mon . For thus Mr. Gil- don ( n ) : " Certain it is , that his original is not from Adam , 66 ( a ) Giles Jacob's lives of Poets ...
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