An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... of light . Spenfer and Waller were POPE's great favourites , as he told Mr. Spence , in the order they are named , in his early reading . D 4 Then Then at Aurora , whose fair hand Remov'd them from AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 39.
... of light . Spenfer and Waller were POPE's great favourites , as he told Mr. Spence , in the order they are named , in his early reading . D 4 Then Then at Aurora , whose fair hand Remov'd them from AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 39.
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Joseph Warton. Then at Aurora , whose fair hand Remov'd them from the skies , He gazing tow'rds the Eaft did ftand , She entertain'd his eyes . But when the bright sun did appear , All those he ' gan defpife ; His wonder was determin'd ...
Joseph Warton. Then at Aurora , whose fair hand Remov'd them from the skies , He gazing tow'rds the Eaft did ftand , She entertain'd his eyes . But when the bright sun did appear , All those he ' gan defpife ; His wonder was determin'd ...
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... hand - writing of Boling- broke , and drawn up in a series of propo- fitions , which POPE was to verfify and illustrate . In doing which , our poet , it must be confeffed , left feveral paffages fo expreffed , as to be favourable to ...
... hand - writing of Boling- broke , and drawn up in a series of propo- fitions , which POPE was to verfify and illustrate . In doing which , our poet , it must be confeffed , left feveral paffages fo expreffed , as to be favourable to ...
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... hand of one disposing pow'r Or in the natal , or the mortal hour * . I cannot refift the pleasure of illustrating this fentiment in the words of a writer , whose friendship I efteem to be no small happiness and honour . " Teach us each ...
... hand of one disposing pow'r Or in the natal , or the mortal hour * . I cannot refift the pleasure of illustrating this fentiment in the words of a writer , whose friendship I efteem to be no small happiness and honour . " Teach us each ...
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... hand with earnest- ness , said— " This is one of the best truths you have ever uttered . I am not one of those sublime geniuses of whom you fpeak ; but fuch as I am , I muft declare I have never wrote any thing in my life , with which I ...
... hand with earnest- ness , said— " This is one of the best truths you have ever uttered . I am not one of those sublime geniuses of whom you fpeak ; but fuch as I am , I muft declare I have never wrote any thing in my life , with which I ...
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