An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 51
... ridicule , fo re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinqufness of vice ; the fatirical writ- ings therefore of fuch a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals , without difcovering one Horace ...
... ridicule , fo re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinqufness of vice ; the fatirical writ- ings therefore of fuch a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals , without difcovering one Horace ...
Page 52
... ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour . Perfuafion tips his tongue whene'er he talks , And - be has chambers in the King's - Bench walks . has has fet before the public , fo complete a figure 1 52 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS objects as they ...
... ridiculed by Mr. Brown with much humour . Perfuafion tips his tongue whene'er he talks , And - be has chambers in the King's - Bench walks . has has fet before the public , fo complete a figure 1 52 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS objects as they ...
Page 100
... ridiculed by Shaftesbury , vol . i . p . 344 , of the Characteristics . If Shaftesbury , faid the great Bishop Butler , had lived to fee the candor and moderation of the present times , in difcuffing religious fubjects , he would have ...
... ridiculed by Shaftesbury , vol . i . p . 344 , of the Characteristics . If Shaftesbury , faid the great Bishop Butler , had lived to fee the candor and moderation of the present times , in difcuffing religious fubjects , he would have ...
Page 115
... ridicule , however poignant and witty , are ill placed and disgusting , are vio- At a Solemn Mufic , vol . ii . pag . 38 . + Ver . 170 ‡ Ver . 204 . Ver . 223 . 11 Ver . 276 . I 2 lations lations of that propriety which POPE in general ...
... ridicule , however poignant and witty , are ill placed and disgusting , are vio- At a Solemn Mufic , vol . ii . pag . 38 . + Ver . 170 ‡ Ver . 204 . Ver . 223 . 11 Ver . 276 . I 2 lations lations of that propriety which POPE in general ...
Page 120
... foon and funk into ob livion . + It is afferted on good authority , that Bolingbroke was accustomed to ridicule POPE as not understanding the drift of remarkable words that POPE fpoke in his laft illness to 120 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... foon and funk into ob livion . + It is afferted on good authority , that Bolingbroke was accustomed to ridicule POPE as not understanding the drift of remarkable words that POPE fpoke in his laft illness to 120 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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