An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756-1782)Garland Pub., 1974 - Verse satire, English |
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... learned Commentary on King's Origin of Evil , first published in Latin , 1701 , a work of penetration and close reasoning ; which , it is remarkable , Bayle had never read , but only fome ex- tracts from it , when he first wrote his fa ...
... learned Commentary on King's Origin of Evil , first published in Latin , 1701 , a work of penetration and close reasoning ; which , it is remarkable , Bayle had never read , but only fome ex- tracts from it , when he first wrote his fa ...
Page 108
... learned have been divided in their opinions con- cerning this piece . Muretus , both the Scaligers , Cafaubon , Heinfius , Menage , Voffius , Naude , Alcyonius , and others , will not afcribe it to Ariftotle , and lay great stress on a ...
... learned have been divided in their opinions con- cerning this piece . Muretus , both the Scaligers , Cafaubon , Heinfius , Menage , Voffius , Naude , Alcyonius , and others , will not afcribe it to Ariftotle , and lay great stress on a ...
Page 290
... learned Sir ! ( to cut the matter fhort ) Whate'er my fate , or well or ill at court : Whether old age , with faint but chearful ray , Attends to gild the ev'ning of my day , Or death's black wing already be display'd , To wrap me in ...
... learned Sir ! ( to cut the matter fhort ) Whate'er my fate , or well or ill at court : Whether old age , with faint but chearful ray , Attends to gild the ev'ning of my day , Or death's black wing already be display'd , To wrap me in ...
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