An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 89
... please , Or oft more ftrong than all , the love of ease † . An acute observation plainly taken from La Rochefoucault . " ' Tis a mistake to believe that none but the violent paffions , fuch as ambition and love , are able to triumph ...
... please , Or oft more ftrong than all , the love of ease † . An acute observation plainly taken from La Rochefoucault . " ' Tis a mistake to believe that none but the violent paffions , fuch as ambition and love , are able to triumph ...
Page 112
... author's leading principle is , that Happiness is attainable by all men ; For mourn our various portions as we please , Equal is common Senfe , and common Eafe . So So Horace alfo in Epift . 18. B. i . 112 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... author's leading principle is , that Happiness is attainable by all men ; For mourn our various portions as we please , Equal is common Senfe , and common Eafe . So So Horace alfo in Epift . 18. B. i . 112 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 180
... please without variety . " MR . WALPOLE , in his elegant and entertaining History of Modern Gardening , has clearly proved that Kent was the artist to whom the English nation was chiefly indebted for diffufing a tafte in laying out ...
... please without variety . " MR . WALPOLE , in his elegant and entertaining History of Modern Gardening , has clearly proved that Kent was the artist to whom the English nation was chiefly indebted for diffufing a tafte in laying out ...
Page 241
... please , And born to write , converfe , and live with ease : Should fuch a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk 1 , no brother near the throne , View * Ver . 190 . + Sat. i . This is from Bacon de Augmentis Scient . lib ...
... please , And born to write , converfe , and live with ease : Should fuch a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk 1 , no brother near the throne , View * Ver . 190 . + Sat. i . This is from Bacon de Augmentis Scient . lib ...
Page 247
... please To loll , or thump it for his better ease ; Or a vile butt , for noon or night bespoke , When the peer rafhly fwears he'll club his joke ? Who'd shake with laughter , tho ' he cou'd not find His Lordship's jeft , or , if his nose ...
... please To loll , or thump it for his better ease ; Or a vile butt , for noon or night bespoke , When the peer rafhly fwears he'll club his joke ? Who'd shake with laughter , tho ' he cou'd not find His Lordship's jeft , or , if his nose ...
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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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