An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 89
... best , by fits , what they despise § . Max . x . Max . CCLXVI , + Ver . 170 . § Ver . 233 . A fine reflection , and calculated to fubdue that petulant A fine AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 89 THIS is from the Duke de la Rochefou- ...
... best , by fits , what they despise § . Max . x . Max . CCLXVI , + Ver . 170 . § Ver . 233 . A fine reflection , and calculated to fubdue that petulant A fine AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 89 THIS is from the Duke de la Rochefou- ...
Page 96
... best truths you have ever uttered . I am not one of those sublime geniuses of whom you fpeak ; but fuch as I am , I must declare I have never wrote any thing in my life , with which I have been thoroughly fatis- fied + . " 34. See ...
... best truths you have ever uttered . I am not one of those sublime geniuses of whom you fpeak ; but fuch as I am , I must declare I have never wrote any thing in my life , with which I have been thoroughly fatis- fied + . " 34. See ...
Page 124
... BEST , fufficiently accounts for the introduction of moral and phyfical evil into the world ; which in truth nothing but revelation can explain , and nothing but a future ftate can compenfate * . future ftate will not account for God's ...
... BEST , fufficiently accounts for the introduction of moral and phyfical evil into the world ; which in truth nothing but revelation can explain , and nothing but a future ftate can compenfate * . future ftate will not account for God's ...
Page 147
... best , on the characters of women , in the year 1727 , that is , eight years before this epistle of In thefe , the characters of Clarinda , of Zantippe the violent lady , of Delia the chariot - driver , of Maßter Betty the huntress , of ...
... best , on the characters of women , in the year 1727 , that is , eight years before this epistle of In thefe , the characters of Clarinda , of Zantippe the violent lady , of Delia the chariot - driver , of Maßter Betty the huntress , of ...
Page 151
... best ancients * , have generally run into a frequent use of point , oppofition , and con- traft . They who begin to ftudy painting , are ftruck at firft with the pieces of the most vivid colouring ; they are almost * See what Dionyfius ...
... best ancients * , have generally run into a frequent use of point , oppofition , and con- traft . They who begin to ftudy painting , are ftruck at firft with the pieces of the most vivid colouring ; they are almost * See what Dionyfius ...
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