An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... Superior beings when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And shew'd a Newton as we shew an ape The author of the letter on the Marks of imitation , is induced to think , from ...
... Superior beings when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And shew'd a Newton as we shew an ape The author of the letter on the Marks of imitation , is induced to think , from ...
Page 88
... superior , and enjoys The elemental war . But Waller longs All on the margin of some flow'ry stream . To spread his careless limbs , amid the cool Of plantane shades .--- We have here a striking example of that poetic spirit , that ...
... superior , and enjoys The elemental war . But Waller longs All on the margin of some flow'ry stream . To spread his careless limbs , amid the cool Of plantane shades .--- We have here a striking example of that poetic spirit , that ...
Page 98
Joseph Warton. tures be subjected to the superior nature of the world * ! " 35. Has God , thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the ... superior nature of ...
Joseph Warton. tures be subjected to the superior nature of the world * ! " 35. Has God , thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the ... superior nature of ...
Page 119
... superior order , that had conde- scended to visit this lower world ; in par- ticular , when the last comet appeared and approached near the earth , he told some of his acquaintance , it was sent only to onvey Lord Bolingbroke HOME AGAIN ...
... superior order , that had conde- scended to visit this lower world ; in par- ticular , when the last comet appeared and approached near the earth , he told some of his acquaintance , it was sent only to onvey Lord Bolingbroke HOME AGAIN ...
Page 134
... superior to his son , during this profligate and debauched regent's administration , wrote a set of odes against him , of won- derful energy and keenness , and almost in the spirit of Alceus ; if it be not a kind of profanation to speak ...
... superior to his son , during this profligate and debauched regent's administration , wrote a set of odes against him , of won- derful energy and keenness , and almost in the spirit of Alceus ; if it be not a kind of profanation to speak ...
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