An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9 pf Cowley ...
... reason , though he must always be thought a great poet , he is no longer esteemed a good writer ; and for ten impreffions which his works have had in fo many fucceffive years , yet at present a in AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 9 pf Cowley ...
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... reason would'st thou find , Why form'd fo weak , fo little and fo blind ? First if thou can'ft the harder reafon guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less * . VOLTAIRE , in the late additions to his works , has the following ...
... reason would'st thou find , Why form'd fo weak , fo little and fo blind ? First if thou can'ft the harder reafon guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less * . VOLTAIRE , in the late additions to his works , has the following ...
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... reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flowery food , And licks the band juft rais'd to fhed his blood + . The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an ...
... reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flowery food , And licks the band juft rais'd to fhed his blood + . The tenderness of this ftriking image , and particularly the circumftance in the last line , has an ...
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... reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics giv❜n , T ' inspect a mite , not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore ‡ ? " If by the help of fuch ...
... reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use , were finer optics giv❜n , T ' inspect a mite , not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore ‡ ? " If by the help of fuch ...
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... degrees , defcend to us downwards : which if it be probable , we have reason thẹn to * Ver . 235 . be be perfuaded , that there are far more species of 74 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS 15. Above, how high, progreffive life may go...
... degrees , defcend to us downwards : which if it be probable , we have reason thẹn to * Ver . 235 . be be perfuaded , that there are far more species of 74 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS 15. Above, how high, progreffive life may go...
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