An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 125
... passage : " I had now the fatisfaction of seeing that thofe very prin- ciples which had been maintained by archbishop King , were adopted by Mr. Pope , in his Effay on Man ; this I used to recollect , and fometimes relate , with ...
... passage : " I had now the fatisfaction of seeing that thofe very prin- ciples which had been maintained by archbishop King , were adopted by Mr. Pope , in his Effay on Man ; this I used to recollect , and fometimes relate , with ...
Page 279
... passage deferves a particular notice . Annon ideo fit , ut fcriptorum . prifcorum præftantiffimi libri & fermones , ( quibus ad vir- tutem homines efficaciffimè invitati funt , tam auguftam ejus majeftatem omnium oculis reprefentando ...
... passage deferves a particular notice . Annon ideo fit , ut fcriptorum . prifcorum præftantiffimi libri & fermones , ( quibus ad vir- tutem homines efficaciffimè invitati funt , tam auguftam ejus majeftatem omnium oculis reprefentando ...
Page 329
... passages . All the parallels are fortunate , and exactly hit the original : and the images drawn from modern life are minutely applicable to the purpose , 51. Si curtatus inæquali tonfore capillos , Occurro ; rides : fi forte fubucula ...
... passages . All the parallels are fortunate , and exactly hit the original : and the images drawn from modern life are minutely applicable to the purpose , 51. Si curtatus inæquali tonfore capillos , Occurro ; rides : fi forte fubucula ...
Page 354
... passage fo minutely applicable to the present times , that I am tempted to transcribe it . Evum fortiti fumus , quo planè indoctis nihil turpius , plenè doctis nihil rarius . Tam omnes in literis aliquid fciunt , tam nemo omnia . Mediâ ...
... passage fo minutely applicable to the present times , that I am tempted to transcribe it . Evum fortiti fumus , quo planè indoctis nihil turpius , plenè doctis nihil rarius . Tam omnes in literis aliquid fciunt , tam nemo omnia . Mediâ ...
Page 400
... passage of a ftriking and awakening folemnity . Approach ! great Nature , studiously behold And eye the mine , without a wifh for gold ! Approach , but aweful ! Lo , th ' Ægerian grot , Where nobly penfive St. John fate and thought ...
... passage of a ftriking and awakening folemnity . Approach ! great Nature , studiously behold And eye the mine , without a wifh for gold ! Approach , but aweful ! Lo , th ' Ægerian grot , Where nobly penfive St. John fate and thought ...
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