An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... fenfe ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore fpeaks properly on all sub- jects : As he knew what to say , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers , and fcarcely by any of the ancients ...
... fenfe ; learned in all sciences ; and therefore fpeaks properly on all sub- jects : As he knew what to say , so he also knows where to leave off ; a continence , which is practised by few writers , and fcarcely by any of the ancients ...
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... fenfe of those writers , fo converfant befides in the best models of anti- quity , feduced into this prepofterous method ? The answer , no doubt is , that they were copying the defign , or disorder rather of Arioflo , the favourite poet ...
... fenfe of those writers , fo converfant befides in the best models of anti- quity , feduced into this prepofterous method ? The answer , no doubt is , that they were copying the defign , or disorder rather of Arioflo , the favourite poet ...
Page 48
... fenfe , and juft obfervation upon * vice and folly , that are very remark- able in a perfon fo extremely young as he was , at the time he compofed it . I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that ...
... fenfe , and juft obfervation upon * vice and folly , that are very remark- able in a perfon fo extremely young as he was , at the time he compofed it . I believe on a fair comparison with Rochester's lines , it will be found , that ...
Page 71
... fenfe of hearing were but one thousand times quicker than it is , how would a perpetual noise distract us ; and wę * Locke's Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I , pag . 256 . + Ver . 201 . + Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I ...
... fenfe of hearing were but one thousand times quicker than it is , how would a perpetual noise distract us ; and wę * Locke's Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I , pag . 256 . + Ver . 201 . + Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I ...
Page 135
... of human nature ; more fenfe and obfervation cannot well be com- preffed and concluded in a narrower space . * Ver . 127 . K4 † Ver 182 . This This paffage might be drawn out into a voluminous commentary AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 135.
... of human nature ; more fenfe and obfervation cannot well be com- preffed and concluded in a narrower space . * Ver . 127 . K4 † Ver 182 . This This paffage might be drawn out into a voluminous commentary AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 135.
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