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... speak out in plain Eng- lish , I will adopt the following paf- fage of Voltaire , which , in my opi- nion , as exactly characterizes POPE as it does his model Boileau , for whom it was originally defigned . " INCA- PABLE PEUT - ETRE DU ...
... speak out in plain Eng- lish , I will adopt the following paf- fage of Voltaire , which , in my opi- nion , as exactly characterizes POPE as it does his model Boileau , for whom it was originally defigned . " INCA- PABLE PEUT - ETRE DU ...
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... speaking : they most strongly exaggerate his remark- able fall , by an exclamation formed in the manner of funeral lamentations : How art thou fallen from heaven , O Lucifer , fon of the morning ... speak- ing , and 16 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... speaking : they most strongly exaggerate his remark- able fall , by an exclamation formed in the manner of funeral lamentations : How art thou fallen from heaven , O Lucifer , fon of the morning ... speak- ing , and 16 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 143
... speak of the fame fubject after fuch a defcrip- tion , yet Akenfide has ventured , and nobly fucceeded . Mark , how the dread PANTHEON ftands , Amid the domes of modern hands ! Amid the toys of idle state , How fimply , how feverely ...
... speak of the fame fubject after fuch a defcrip- tion , yet Akenfide has ventured , and nobly fucceeded . Mark , how the dread PANTHEON ftands , Amid the domes of modern hands ! Amid the toys of idle state , How fimply , how feverely ...
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