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Page 59
... elegant . He has many metaphors and images , art- fully interspersed in the drieft paffages , which stood moft in need of fuch orna- inents . Nevertheless there are too many lines , in this performance , plain and pro- faic . The meaner ...
... elegant . He has many metaphors and images , art- fully interspersed in the drieft paffages , which stood moft in need of fuch orna- inents . Nevertheless there are too many lines , in this performance , plain and pro- faic . The meaner ...
Page 258
... elegant and entertaining letters , very cha- racteristical of the manners of the Turks , and of which many are addreffed to Pope ; are well known , and justly celebrated . With both thefe noble perfonages had Pope lived in a state of ...
... elegant and entertaining letters , very cha- racteristical of the manners of the Turks , and of which many are addreffed to Pope ; are well known , and justly celebrated . With both thefe noble perfonages had Pope lived in a state of ...
Page 325
... elegant brevity . brevity . Why did Pope omit ęgroto ? Dread Sir , and Royal cave , are good additions . Plato was also fond of this fable . He has put it into the mouth of Socrates , in the first Alcibiades † . * Ver , 114 . 46. Exci ...
... elegant brevity . brevity . Why did Pope omit ęgroto ? Dread Sir , and Royal cave , are good additions . Plato was also fond of this fable . He has put it into the mouth of Socrates , in the first Alcibiades † . * Ver , 114 . 46. Exci ...
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