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Popet , in * Settle was affifted in writing the Anti - Achitophel by Clifford , and others the best wits of that time , who combined against Dryden . + Another line likewise of Pope exactly characterises him . The pensive Cowley's moral ...
Popet , in * Settle was affifted in writing the Anti - Achitophel by Clifford , and others the best wits of that time , who combined against Dryden . + Another line likewise of Pope exactly characterises him . The pensive Cowley's moral ...
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A fine reflection , and calculated to subdue that petulant contempt and unmerited aversion which men too generally entertain against each other , and which diminish and destroy the social affections . Our emulation , says one of the ...
A fine reflection , and calculated to subdue that petulant contempt and unmerited aversion which men too generally entertain against each other , and which diminish and destroy the social affections . Our emulation , says one of the ...
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Can that author be suspected of irreligion , who in the fixth chapter of his twenty - fourth book has entirely demolished one of the most subtle objections against Christianity , and that too urged by one of the ablest adversaries to ...
Can that author be suspected of irreligion , who in the fixth chapter of his twenty - fourth book has entirely demolished one of the most subtle objections against Christianity , and that too urged by one of the ablest adversaries to ...
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That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did , till disproportion'd fin Jarr'd against Nature's chime , and with harsi din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great ...
That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did , till disproportion'd fin Jarr'd against Nature's chime , and with harsi din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great ...
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I use Seneca's expression against that famous charge which atheists in all ages have brought , the supposed unequal dispensations of Providence ; a charge which I cannot heartily forgive your divines for admitting .
I use Seneca's expression against that famous charge which atheists in all ages have brought , the supposed unequal dispensations of Providence ; a charge which I cannot heartily forgive your divines for admitting .
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton Volume 2 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. In Two Volumes, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Dodsley, 1782 |
| Original from | University of Lausanne |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
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