An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 53
... Voltaire , who affirms , " that the famous Tale of a Tub is an imitation of the old story of the three invisible rings , which a father bequeathed to his three children . These three rings were the Jewish , Chriftian , and Mahometan ...
... Voltaire , who affirms , " that the famous Tale of a Tub is an imitation of the old story of the three invisible rings , which a father bequeathed to his three children . These three rings were the Jewish , Chriftian , and Mahometan ...
Page 54
... Voltaire a Geneve . Tom . 4 , pag . 223. 1756 . The archbishop of Armagh Dr. Hoadly , happening to object one day in Swift's company to an expreffion of POPE , as not being the pureft English , Swift anfwered with his ufual roughness ...
... Voltaire a Geneve . Tom . 4 , pag . 223. 1756 . The archbishop of Armagh Dr. Hoadly , happening to object one day in Swift's company to an expreffion of POPE , as not being the pureft English , Swift anfwered with his ufual roughness ...
Page 66
... VOLTAIRE , in the late additions to his works , has the following remarkable words . " I own it flatters me to fee that POPE has fallen upon the very fame fentiment which I had entertained many years ago . " " Vous vous étonnez que Dieu ...
... VOLTAIRE , in the late additions to his works , has the following remarkable words . " I own it flatters me to fee that POPE has fallen upon the very fame fentiment which I had entertained many years ago . " " Vous vous étonnez que Dieu ...
Page 67
... to the harmony of the line , but also , to the reasoning of the context . * Quevres de Voltaire . Tom . iv . pag . 227 . † Ver : 81 . ‡ Ver . 97 : F 2 7. Lo 7. Lo the poor Indian ! whofe untutor'd mind Sees AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 67.
... to the harmony of the line , but also , to the reasoning of the context . * Quevres de Voltaire . Tom . iv . pag . 227 . † Ver : 81 . ‡ Ver . 97 : F 2 7. Lo 7. Lo the poor Indian ! whofe untutor'd mind Sees AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 67.
Page 138
... Voltaire in the age of Louis XIV . 11. Lucullus , when frugality could charm , Had roafted turnips in the Sabin farm t FEW writers of his country have dif- played a greater energy of fentiment than Crebillon ; in his Cataline we have a ...
... Voltaire in the age of Louis XIV . 11. Lucullus , when frugality could charm , Had roafted turnips in the Sabin farm t FEW writers of his country have dif- played a greater energy of fentiment than Crebillon ; in his Cataline we have a ...
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