An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1782 - Verse satire, English |
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... morals . Above all , he commends him for his unforced tranfitions , and for the ease with which he slides into some new circumftance , without any violation of the unity of the ftory ; the texture , fays he , is so artful that it may be ...
... morals . Above all , he commends him for his unforced tranfitions , and for the ease with which he slides into some new circumftance , without any violation of the unity of the ftory ; the texture , fays he , is so artful that it may be ...
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... moral , or darted forth fome witticifm on every object he mentions : It is not enough to say that the laurels fheltered the foun- tain from the heat of the day , but this idea must be accompanied with a conceit . Daphne , now a tree ...
... moral , or darted forth fome witticifm on every object he mentions : It is not enough to say that the laurels fheltered the foun- tain from the heat of the day , but this idea must be accompanied with a conceit . Daphne , now a tree ...
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... moral lay.Vol . VI . p . 37 . His general preface ; his discourse concerning Cromwell ; his effays on liberty , on obscurity , on agriculture , on great- nefs , and on himself , are full of pleasing and virtuous fen- timents , expreffed ...
... moral lay.Vol . VI . p . 37 . His general preface ; his discourse concerning Cromwell ; his effays on liberty , on obscurity , on agriculture , on great- nefs , and on himself , are full of pleasing and virtuous fen- timents , expreffed ...
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... moral pleases , not his pointed wit ; Forgot his epic , nay Pindaric art , But ftill I love the language of his heart . His profe works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be ...
... moral pleases , not his pointed wit ; Forgot his epic , nay Pindaric art , But ftill I love the language of his heart . His profe works give us the most amiable idea both of his abilities and his heart . His Pindaric odes cannot be ...
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... morals , or that fo many new and excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and agreeably in that science , from any one head : { confefs in fome places I was forced to read twice ; I believe I told you before what the Duke of ...
... morals , or that fo many new and excellent rules could be produced fo advantageously and agreeably in that science , from any one head : { confefs in fome places I was forced to read twice ; I believe I told you before what the Duke of ...
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