An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... fome general “ maxims , or may be right by chance . « The coxcomb bird , fo grave and fotalk- " ative , that cries whore , knave , - and cuckold , from his cage , tho ' he rightly " call many a paffenger , you hold him no " philofopher ...
... fome general “ maxims , or may be right by chance . « The coxcomb bird , fo grave and fotalk- " ative , that cries whore , knave , - and cuckold , from his cage , tho ' he rightly " call many a paffenger , you hold him no " philofopher ...
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... , CONGREVE . In the third clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant taste , and fome fancy in defcribing familiar life . Here may be numbered , PRIOR , WALLER , WALLER , PARNELL , SWIFT , FENTON . In the DEDICATION . xi.
... , CONGREVE . In the third clafs may be placed , men of wit , of elegant taste , and fome fancy in defcribing familiar life . Here may be numbered , PRIOR , WALLER , WALLER , PARNELL , SWIFT , FENTON . In the DEDICATION . xi.
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... fome of them may be thought , fhould be ranked . Such as PITT , SANDYS , FAIR- FAX , BROOME , BUCKINGHAM , Lans- In which of these claffes POPE DOWN . deferves to be placed , the following work is intended to determine . I am , DEAR SIR ...
... fome of them may be thought , fhould be ranked . Such as PITT , SANDYS , FAIR- FAX , BROOME , BUCKINGHAM , Lans- In which of these claffes POPE DOWN . deferves to be placed , the following work is intended to determine . I am , DEAR SIR ...
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... fome of the lines are incomparably good , * is not so full , fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE digreffion that defcribes the demoli- * See particularly , ver . 151 . tion of the thirty villages by ...
... fome of the lines are incomparably good , * is not so full , fo animated , and fo circumftantiated , as that of Somerville . THE digreffion that defcribes the demoli- * See particularly , ver . 151 . tion of the thirty villages by ...
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... fome probability that , the character of this prince has been misrepre- fented , and his oppreffions magnified . The law of the curfeu - bell , by which every in- habitant of England was obliged to extinguish his fire and candles at ...
... fome probability that , the character of this prince has been misrepre- fented , and his oppreffions magnified . The law of the curfeu - bell , by which every in- habitant of England was obliged to extinguish his fire and candles at ...
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