An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 38
... addressed , on her finging a fong of his composing . * Chloris , yourself you so excell , When you vouchsafe to breathe my thought , That like a spirit with this spell Of my own teaching I am caught . Speaking of his imitations , POPE ...
... addressed , on her finging a fong of his composing . * Chloris , yourself you so excell , When you vouchsafe to breathe my thought , That like a spirit with this spell Of my own teaching I am caught . Speaking of his imitations , POPE ...
Page 96
... addressed , the latter , squeezing his hand with earnest- ness , faid " This is one of the best truths you have ever uttered . I am not one of those sublime geniuses of whom you speak ; but such as I am , I must declare I have never ...
... addressed , the latter , squeezing his hand with earnest- ness , faid " This is one of the best truths you have ever uttered . I am not one of those sublime geniuses of whom you speak ; but such as I am , I must declare I have never ...
Page 121
... addressed a vindication of the prin- ciples of the Essay on Man to Racine , who had charged it with Spinozism and irreligion . This produced a letter from POPE to Racine , which concludes with these remarkable words . " I declare ...
... addressed a vindication of the prin- ciples of the Essay on Man to Racine , who had charged it with Spinozism and irreligion . This produced a letter from POPE to Racine , which concludes with these remarkable words . " I declare ...
Page 158
... addressed to himself , in this edition converted into a dialogue ; in which , " said he , " I perceive I really make but a shabby and indifferent figure , and contribute very little to the spirit of the dialogue , if it must be a ...
... addressed to himself , in this edition converted into a dialogue ; in which , " said he , " I perceive I really make but a shabby and indifferent figure , and contribute very little to the spirit of the dialogue , if it must be a ...
Page 163
... addressed to CICERO : this being the method the French philo- fopher took to acquaint us with his own thoughts . * Questions sur l'Encyclopedie , 9 partie , p . 348. So inconclusive and unphilosophical an affertion , deferves no ferious ...
... addressed to CICERO : this being the method the French philo- fopher took to acquaint us with his own thoughts . * Questions sur l'Encyclopedie , 9 partie , p . 348. So inconclusive and unphilosophical an affertion , deferves no ferious ...
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