An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... sense , and just observation upon vice and folly , that are very remark- able in a person fo extremely young as he was , at the time he compofed it . I believe on a fair comparifon with Rochefter's lines , it will be found , that ...
... sense , and just observation upon vice and folly , that are very remark- able in a person fo extremely young as he was , at the time he compofed it . I believe on a fair comparifon with Rochefter's lines , it will be found , that ...
Page 51
... sense of ridicule , fo re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinoufnefs of vice ; the fatirical writ- ings therefore of such a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals , without discovering ...
... sense of ridicule , fo re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinoufnefs of vice ; the fatirical writ- ings therefore of such a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals , without discovering ...
Page 59
... sense , how much thinking , how much ob- fervation on human life , is condensed to- gether in a small compafs . He was fo ac- cuftomed to confine his thoughts in rhyme , that he tells us , he could express them I more more shortly this ...
... sense , how much thinking , how much ob- fervation on human life , is condensed to- gether in a small compafs . He was fo ac- cuftomed to confine his thoughts in rhyme , that he tells us , he could express them I more more shortly this ...
Page 71
... sense of hearing were but one ' thousand times quicker than it is , how would a perpetual noise distract us ; and we Locke's Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I. pag . 256 . ↑ Ver . 201 . Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I. pag ...
... sense of hearing were but one ' thousand times quicker than it is , how would a perpetual noise distract us ; and we Locke's Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I. pag . 256 . ↑ Ver . 201 . Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I. pag ...
Page 117
... sense , and a penetrating knowledge of men and things , expreffed with vigour and con- cifenefs . 51. Self - love but ferves the virtuous mind to wake , As the fmall pebble ftirs the peaceful lake + . * Dodfley's Mifcellanies , vol . iv ...
... sense , and a penetrating knowledge of men and things , expreffed with vigour and con- cifenefs . 51. Self - love but ferves the virtuous mind to wake , As the fmall pebble ftirs the peaceful lake + . * Dodfley's Mifcellanies , vol . iv ...
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