An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756-1782)Garland Pub., 1974 - Verse satire, English |
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... those works ; in which the story proceeds as it were by fnatches , and with continual interruptions ? How was the good fenfe of those writers , fo converfant befides in the beft models of anti- quity , feduced into this prepofterous ...
... those works ; in which the story proceeds as it were by fnatches , and with continual interruptions ? How was the good fenfe of those writers , fo converfant befides in the beft models of anti- quity , feduced into this prepofterous ...
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... 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 pleasure , conceiving that fuch an account did no lefs honour ...
... 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 pleasure , conceiving that fuch an account did no lefs honour ...
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... those entertaining letters , which the Bishop wrote about the year 1727 , to a Mr. Thiriot * , a French gentleman , we find a In one of these letters he speaks thus of Sir Isaac New- to : -The very lively and piercing eye that Mr ...
... those entertaining letters , which the Bishop wrote about the year 1727 , to a Mr. Thiriot * , a French gentleman , we find a In one of these letters he speaks thus of Sir Isaac New- to : -The very lively and piercing eye that Mr ...
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