An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... fhould reprefent his kind in the dark and difagreeable colours he has done , with all the malignity of a discon- tented HOBBIST , is a lamentable perverfion of fine talents , and is a real injury to fo- ciety . It is a fact worthy the ...
... fhould reprefent his kind in the dark and difagreeable colours he has done , with all the malignity of a discon- tented HOBBIST , is a lamentable perverfion of fine talents , and is a real injury to fo- ciety . It is a fact worthy the ...
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... wę * Locke's Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I , pag . 256 . + Ver . 201 . + Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I. pag . 255 . F 4 fhould fhould in the quieteft retirement , be lefs able to AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 71.
... wę * Locke's Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I , pag . 256 . + Ver . 201 . + Effay on Human Understanding , vol . I. pag . 255 . F 4 fhould fhould in the quieteft retirement , be lefs able to AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 71.
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Joseph Warton. fhould in the quieteft retirement , be lefs able to fleep or meditate , than in the mid- dle of a fea - fight . " 13. From the green myriads in the peopled grafs- The mole's dim curtain , and the lynx's beam ; Of smell the ...
Joseph Warton. fhould in the quieteft retirement , be lefs able to fleep or meditate , than in the mid- dle of a fea - fight . " 13. From the green myriads in the peopled grafs- The mole's dim curtain , and the lynx's beam ; Of smell the ...
Page 74
... fhould be more fpecies of intelligent creatures above us , than there are of fenfible and material below us , is probable to me from hence ; that in all the vifible corporeal world , we fee no chasms , or gaps . All quite down from us ...
... fhould be more fpecies of intelligent creatures above us , than there are of fenfible and material below us , is probable to me from hence ; that in all the vifible corporeal world , we fee no chasms , or gaps . All quite down from us ...
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... fhould not , however , be carried too far and a fenfible writer obferves , that there 3 * Ver . 43. There is fome obfcurity in this line , occa- fioned by omitting the relative . is not indeed any part of knowledge which can be Ga is ...
... fhould not , however , be carried too far and a fenfible writer obferves , that there 3 * Ver . 43. There is fome obfcurity in this line , occa- fioned by omitting the relative . is not indeed any part of knowledge which can be Ga is ...
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