An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... 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 although the turn of the fatire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould ...
... 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 although the turn of the fatire be copied , yet it is excelled . That Rochefter fhould ...
Page 64
... perfon entirely a ftranger to navigation , and ignorant of the nature of the fea or waters , how great his aftonishment would be , when finding him- felf on board fome veffel anchoring at sea , remote from all land - prospect , whilst ...
... perfon entirely a ftranger to navigation , and ignorant of the nature of the fea or waters , how great his aftonishment would be , when finding him- felf on board fome veffel anchoring at sea , remote from all land - prospect , whilst ...
Page 112
... perfon , in the eighteenth line , And fled from monarchs , St. John , dwells with thee . For to fly and to dwell , cannot justly be predicated of the fame fubject , that imme- diately before was defcribed as twining with laurels , and ...
... perfon , in the eighteenth line , And fled from monarchs , St. John , dwells with thee . For to fly and to dwell , cannot justly be predicated of the fame fubject , that imme- diately before was defcribed as twining with laurels , and ...
Page 119
... perfon , * Ver . 373 . Thofe paffages in Bolingbroke's pofthumous works , that bear the clofeft refemblance to the tenets of this Effay are the following . Vol . iv . octavo edition , p . 223 & p . 324 ; p . 94 of vol . 5 ; p . 388 of ...
... perfon , * Ver . 373 . Thofe paffages in Bolingbroke's pofthumous works , that bear the clofeft refemblance to the tenets of this Effay are the following . Vol . iv . octavo edition , p . 223 & p . 324 ; p . 94 of vol . 5 ; p . 388 of ...
Page 120
... perfon that had so tender a heart for his particular friends , or a warmer benevolence for all mankind . " It is to be hoped that Bolingbroke + profited by thofe remarkable * His manner of reasoning and philofophifing has been fo ...
... perfon that had so tender a heart for his particular friends , or a warmer benevolence for all mankind . " It is to be hoped that Bolingbroke + profited by thofe remarkable * His manner of reasoning and philofophifing has been fo ...
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