An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 51
... gives to men a quicker sense of ridicule , fo re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinoufnefs of vice ; the fatirical writ- ings therefore of such a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals ...
... gives to men a quicker sense of ridicule , fo re- tirement more difpofes men to reflect on the heinoufnefs of vice ; the fatirical writ- ings therefore of such a nation are sharp and fevere , and we fhall find among them many Juvenals ...
Page 54
... give it in the very words which POPE ufed , when he told it to Mr. Spence.- " Dr. Swift has an odd blunt way that is mistaken by strangers for ill - nature ; it is fo odd that there is no defcribing it but by facts . I'll tell you one ...
... give it in the very words which POPE ufed , when he told it to Mr. Spence.- " Dr. Swift has an odd blunt way that is mistaken by strangers for ill - nature ; it is fo odd that there is no defcribing it but by facts . I'll tell you one ...
Page 93
... omit , as it ferves to illuftrate and confirm so many parts of the Effay on Man I shall therefore give it at length without apology . ; * Lib . v . ver . 223 . " THE " THE young of most other kinds , are inftantly AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 93.
... omit , as it ferves to illuftrate and confirm so many parts of the Effay on Man I shall therefore give it at length without apology . ; * Lib . v . ver . 223 . " THE " THE young of most other kinds , are inftantly AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 93.
Page 108
... give it to Ariftotle . This opinion is confirmed by a fenfible difcourfe on the fubject , cap . 19. Petiti Mifcell . Obfervation . Lib . 2. One of his obfervations I will not omit . " Scriptus quippe ad Alexandrum Regem , ut Titulus ...
... give it to Ariftotle . This opinion is confirmed by a fenfible difcourfe on the fubject , cap . 19. Petiti Mifcell . Obfervation . Lib . 2. One of his obfervations I will not omit . " Scriptus quippe ad Alexandrum Regem , ut Titulus ...
Page 115
... give Humility a coach and fix t . Worth makes the man , and want of it the fellow ; The reft is all but leather or prunella ‡ . Not one looks backward , onward ftill he goes , Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nose § . To figh ...
... give Humility a coach and fix t . Worth makes the man , and want of it the fellow ; The reft is all but leather or prunella ‡ . Not one looks backward , onward ftill he goes , Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nose § . To figh ...
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