An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 51
... ridicule , so re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinoufnefs of vice ; the fatirical writ- ings therefore of fuch a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals , without discovering one Horace ...
... ridicule , so re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinoufnefs of vice ; the fatirical writ- ings therefore of fuch a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals , without discovering one Horace ...
Page 52
... ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour . Perfuafion tips his tongue whenc'er he talks , And - Le bas chambers in the King's - Bench walks . has has fet before the public , fo complete a figure $ 2 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour . Perfuafion tips his tongue whenc'er he talks , And - Le bas chambers in the King's - Bench walks . has has fet before the public , fo complete a figure $ 2 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 100
... ridiculed by Shaftesbury , vol . i . p . 344 , of the Characteristics . If Shaftesbury , said the great Bishop Butler , had lived to fee the candor and moderation of the present times , in difcuffing religious fubjects , he would have ...
... ridiculed by Shaftesbury , vol . i . p . 344 , of the Characteristics . If Shaftesbury , said the great Bishop Butler , had lived to fee the candor and moderation of the present times , in difcuffing religious fubjects , he would have ...
Page 115
... ridicule , however poignant and witty , are ill placed and disgusting , are vio- * At a Solemn Mufic , vol . ii . pag . 38 . + Ver . 17 . ↓ Ver . 223 . Ver . 204 . || Ver . 276 . I a lations lations of that propriety which POPE in ...
... ridicule , however poignant and witty , are ill placed and disgusting , are vio- * At a Solemn Mufic , vol . ii . pag . 38 . + Ver . 17 . ↓ Ver . 223 . Ver . 204 . || Ver . 276 . I a lations lations of that propriety which POPE in ...
Page 120
... fo foon and funk into ob livion . It is afferted on good authority , that Bolingbroke was accustomed to ridicule POPE as not understanding the drift of remarkable words that POPE spoke in his laft illness to 120 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... fo foon and funk into ob livion . It is afferted on good authority , that Bolingbroke was accustomed to ridicule POPE as not understanding the drift of remarkable words that POPE spoke in his laft illness to 120 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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