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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... truth and moralized his song . The 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 ...
... truth and moralized his song . The 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 ...
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... truth , to divine , rather than to explain an author's meaning . For these reasons , it is not thought proper to accompany this Essay with a perpetual commentary — a poem , as hath been well observed , that consists of precepts , is so ...
... truth , to divine , rather than to explain an author's meaning . For these reasons , it is not thought proper to accompany this Essay with a perpetual commentary — a poem , as hath been well observed , that consists of precepts , is so ...
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... truth of his introductory observation , that the number of bad Critics is vastly superior to that of bad Poets . NOTES . is but of questionable authority . Poets and Painters must appeal to the world at large , and the world has a right ...
... truth of his introductory observation , that the number of bad Critics is vastly superior to that of bad Poets . NOTES . is but of questionable authority . Poets and Painters must appeal to the world at large , and the world has a right ...
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... truth , will tarnish what it should brighten up . Besides , the analogy between natural and moral truth makes the principle of true philo- sophy the fittest for this use . Our poet has been pretty careful in observing this rule ...
... truth , will tarnish what it should brighten up . Besides , the analogy between natural and moral truth makes the principle of true philo- sophy the fittest for this use . Our poet has been pretty careful in observing this rule ...
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... truth asserted , that every new acquisition strengthens those we already possess , and that the mind is invigorated by exercise as well as the body . CICERO , it is true , was no poet , but in how many departments of knowledge did he ...
... truth asserted , that every new acquisition strengthens those we already possess , and that the mind is invigorated by exercise as well as the body . CICERO , it is true , was no poet , but in how many departments of knowledge did he ...
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