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Page 125
... passage : " I had now the fatisfaction of seeing that those very prin- ciples which had been maintained by archbishop King , were adopted by Mr. Pope , in his Effay on Man ; this I used to recollect , and fometimes relate , with ...
... passage : " I had now the fatisfaction of seeing that those very prin- ciples which had been maintained by archbishop King , were adopted by Mr. Pope , in his Effay on Man ; this I used to recollect , and fometimes relate , with ...
Page 165
... passages as eminent examples of this excellence , of all others the most effential in poetry . Every epithet , here used , paints its object , and paints it diftinctly . After having paffed over the moat full of creffes , do you not ...
... passages as eminent examples of this excellence , of all others the most effential in poetry . Every epithet , here used , paints its object , and paints it diftinctly . After having paffed over the moat full of creffes , do you not ...
Page 182
... passage in his Guardian : " A citizen is no fooner proprietor of a couple of yews , but he entertains thoughts . of erecting them into giants , like thofe of Guildhall . I know an eminent Cook , who beautified his country feat with a ...
... passage in his Guardian : " A citizen is no fooner proprietor of a couple of yews , but he entertains thoughts . of erecting them into giants , like thofe of Guildhall . I know an eminent Cook , who beautified his country feat with a ...
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