“The” Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 1. köideFredrick Nicolai, 1762 |
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Page 90
... false knowledge , which pedants call Philology ; or by false reasoning , which Philofophers call School - learning : Or on the other , by false wit , which is not regulated by fenfe ; or by false politeness which is folely regulated by ...
... false knowledge , which pedants call Philology ; or by false reasoning , which Philofophers call School - learning : Or on the other , by false wit , which is not regulated by fenfe ; or by false politeness which is folely regulated by ...
Page 91
... false learning , are but few in comparison of the other , and likewise come lefs within his main view ( which is poetical Criticifm ) but keep groveling at the bottom amongst words and let ters , he thought it here fufficient juft to ...
... false learning , are but few in comparison of the other , and likewise come lefs within his main view ( which is poetical Criticifm ) but keep groveling at the bottom amongst words and let ters , he thought it here fufficient juft to ...
Page 92
... false , to juftify a poet's use of it to fet off his wit . But to recommend his argument he fhould be cautious how he ufes any but the true . For falsehood , when it is fet too near , will tarnish the truth he would recommend . Befides ...
... false , to juftify a poet's use of it to fet off his wit . But to recommend his argument he fhould be cautious how he ufes any but the true . For falsehood , when it is fet too near , will tarnish the truth he would recommend . Befides ...
Page 116
... false wit ; because they not only mistake a wrong difpofition of true it for a right , but likewife falfe Vit for true : He de fcribes falfe Wit firft , from v 288 to 297 . Some to conceit alone , etc. NOTES . the poet finely defcribes ...
... false wit ; because they not only mistake a wrong difpofition of true it for a right , but likewife falfe Vit for true : He de fcribes falfe Wit firft , from v 288 to 297 . Some to conceit alone , etc. NOTES . the poet finely defcribes ...
Page 119
... False eloquence , like the prifinatic glass , Its gaudy colours fpreads on ev'ry place ; The face of Nature we no more furvey , All glares alike , without diftinction gay : 320 But true Expreffion , like th ' unchanging Sun , 315 Clears ...
... False eloquence , like the prifinatic glass , Its gaudy colours fpreads on ev'ry place ; The face of Nature we no more furvey , All glares alike , without diftinction gay : 320 But true Expreffion , like th ' unchanging Sun , 315 Clears ...
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