“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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... judge , " rather than to the malice of every fhort - fighted " and malevolent critic , or inadvertent and cenfo- " rious Reader . And no hand can fet them in fo good a light , & c . " Let . cxx . to Mr. W. 46 66 . B1 " " I alfo give and ...
... judge , " rather than to the malice of every fhort - fighted " and malevolent critic , or inadvertent and cenfo- " rious Reader . And no hand can fet them in fo good a light , & c . " Let . cxx . to Mr. W. 46 66 . B1 " " I alfo give and ...
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... judge of them at firft , and too much judgment to be pleafed with them at last . But I have reafon to think they can have no reputation which will continue long , or which deferves to do fo : for they have always fallen fhort not only ...
... judge of them at firft , and too much judgment to be pleafed with them at last . But I have reafon to think they can have no reputation which will continue long , or which deferves to do fo : for they have always fallen fhort not only ...
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... judge of Paftoral . And fince the inftructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in perfection , they muft of neceffity be derived from thofe in whom it is acknowledged fo to be . It is therefore from the practice of ...
... judge of Paftoral . And fince the inftructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in perfection , they muft of neceffity be derived from thofe in whom it is acknowledged fo to be . It is therefore from the practice of ...
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... judge that Virgil did not copy it line by line , but selected fuch ideas as best agreed with the nature of paftoral poetry , and difpofed them in that manner which ferved most to beautify his piece . I have endeavoured the fame in this ...
... judge that Virgil did not copy it line by line , but selected fuch ideas as best agreed with the nature of paftoral poetry , and difpofed them in that manner which ferved most to beautify his piece . I have endeavoured the fame in this ...
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... judge ill , as to write ill , and a more dangerous one to the public , V I. That a true Taste is as rare to be found , as a true Genius , v9 to 18 . That most men are born with fome Tafie , but spoil'd by falfe Edu- cation , v . 19 to ...
... judge ill , as to write ill , and a more dangerous one to the public , V I. That a true Taste is as rare to be found , as a true Genius , v9 to 18 . That most men are born with fome Tafie , but spoil'd by falfe Edu- cation , v . 19 to ...
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