An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... which the appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majefty of grief deftroys : VOL . II . C For For bending o'er the cup , the tears the shed AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 17.
... which the appears in a famous piece of CORREGGIO . Mute , folemn forrow , free from female noife , Such as the Majefty of grief deftroys : VOL . II . C For For bending o'er the cup , the tears the shed AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 17.
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... such a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals , without discovering one Horace . THE DESCRIPTION of the LIFE of a Country Parfon is a lively imitation of Swift * , and is full of humour . The point of ...
... such a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals , without discovering one Horace . THE DESCRIPTION of the LIFE of a Country Parfon is a lively imitation of Swift * , and is full of humour . The point of ...
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... Such is the commentary of the academist on these famous lines * . 10. The general order , fince the whole began , Is kept in nature , and is kept in man † . How this opinion is any way recon- cileable with the orthodox doctrine of the ...
... Such is the commentary of the academist on these famous lines * . 10. The general order , fince the whole began , Is kept in nature , and is kept in man † . How this opinion is any way recon- cileable with the orthodox doctrine of the ...
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... Such then is the admirable diftribution of nature , her adapting and adjusting not only the ftuff or matter to the shape and form , and even the shape itself and form , to the circumftance , place , element , or region ; but alfo the ...
... Such then is the admirable diftribution of nature , her adapting and adjusting not only the ftuff or matter to the shape and form , and even the shape itself and form , to the circumftance , place , element , or region ; but alfo the ...
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... such like . The word prescribed , in the former cafe , imports that he enjoined it as conducing to health ; and in the latter too , whatever befals any one , is appointed as conducive to the purposes of fate or providence . Now there is ...
... such like . The word prescribed , in the former cafe , imports that he enjoined it as conducing to health ; and in the latter too , whatever befals any one , is appointed as conducive to the purposes of fate or providence . Now there is ...
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