An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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... given us of the fame prince , by that diligent enenquirer into antiquity the President Henault , in a paffage that contains fome curious particulars , characteristical of the manner of that age . " This monarch protected letters , at a ...
... given us of the fame prince , by that diligent enenquirer into antiquity the President Henault , in a paffage that contains fome curious particulars , characteristical of the manner of that age . " This monarch protected letters , at a ...
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... given occafion to a kind of controverfy among the more curious critics , concerning the utility of the chorus , which , after the model of the ancients , he hath endeavoured to revive . To imagine , that the great Grecian mafters ...
... given occafion to a kind of controverfy among the more curious critics , concerning the utility of the chorus , which , after the model of the ancients , he hath endeavoured to revive . To imagine , that the great Grecian mafters ...
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... given to old " words , used by fuch author and his fect ; the whole philofophy of fuch fect ; together with the connections and dependencies of its feveral parts , whether Logical , Ethical , or Phyfical ; he , I fay , that without this ...
... given to old " words , used by fuch author and his fect ; the whole philofophy of fuch fect ; together with the connections and dependencies of its feveral parts , whether Logical , Ethical , or Phyfical ; he , I fay , that without this ...
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... given us a curious anecdote concerning the great industry and exactnefs with which Waller published even his fmalleft compofitions . " When the court was at Windfor , these verses + were writ in Taffo of her Royal Highness , at Mr ...
... given us a curious anecdote concerning the great industry and exactnefs with which Waller published even his fmalleft compofitions . " When the court was at Windfor , these verses + were writ in Taffo of her Royal Highness , at Mr ...
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... given us , " asked him , of what kind were his works : " Of Mafonry , replied the poet , I am a BUILDER . " Racine always reckoned the praises of the ignorant among the chief fources of chagrin : and used to relate , that an old ...
... given us , " asked him , of what kind were his works : " Of Mafonry , replied the poet , I am a BUILDER . " Racine always reckoned the praises of the ignorant among the chief fources of chagrin : and used to relate , that an old ...
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