The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,, 3. köideC. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 |
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... observations of Dr. Johnson , on the personification of Father Thames , and on the story of Lodona would , if assented to , deprive poetry of one of her chief auxiliaries . That such repre- sentations are unnatural must , in a strict ...
... observations of Dr. Johnson , on the personification of Father Thames , and on the story of Lodona would , if assented to , deprive poetry of one of her chief auxiliaries . That such repre- sentations are unnatural must , in a strict ...
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... Observations on Burnet , and his Defence of his relation Sir Richard Grenville , and a Translation of some parts of Demosthenes , and a Letter to his Father on the Revolution , written in October 1688. After having been Secretary at War ...
... Observations on Burnet , and his Defence of his relation Sir Richard Grenville , and a Translation of some parts of Demosthenes , and a Letter to his Father on the Revolution , written in October 1688. After having been Secretary at War ...
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... observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow nature , and regard his end ; Or looks on heav'n with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and ...
... observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow nature , and regard his end ; Or looks on heav'n with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and ...
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... observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow nature , and regard his end ; 250 Or looks on heav'n with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region ...
... observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow nature , and regard his end ; 250 Or looks on heav'n with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region ...
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... observations on men and books , such variety of literature , such strong good sense , and refined taste and judgment ... observed , that consists of precepts , is so far arbitrary and imme- thodical , that many of the paragraphs may ...
... observations on men and books , such variety of literature , such strong good sense , and refined taste and judgment ... observed , that consists of precepts , is so far arbitrary and imme- thodical , that many of the paragraphs may ...
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