An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 119
... laft comet appeared and approached near the earth , he told fome of his acquaintance , " it was fent only to convey Lord Bolingbroke HOME AGAIN ; just as a stage - coach ftops at your door to take up à paffenger , " A graceful perfon ...
... laft comet appeared and approached near the earth , he told fome of his acquaintance , " it was fent only to convey Lord Bolingbroke HOME AGAIN ; just as a stage - coach ftops at your door to take up à paffenger , " A graceful perfon ...
Page 120
... laft interviews with PoPE , who was then given over by the phyficians , that Bo- lingbroke , standing behind POPE's chair , looked earneftly down upon him , and repeated several times , interrupted with fobs , " O Great God , what is ...
... laft interviews with PoPE , who was then given over by the phyficians , that Bo- lingbroke , standing behind POPE's chair , looked earneftly down upon him , and repeated several times , interrupted with fobs , " O Great God , what is ...
Page 121
Joseph Warton. remarkable words that POPE fpoke in his laft illness to the fame gentleman who com- municated the foregoing anecdote ; -- " I am fo certain of the foul's being im- mortal , of his own principles in their full extent : It ...
Joseph Warton. remarkable words that POPE fpoke in his laft illness to the fame gentleman who com- municated the foregoing anecdote ; -- " I am fo certain of the foul's being im- mortal , of his own principles in their full extent : It ...
Page 125
... laft edition of bishop Law's tranflation of the Origin of Evil , p . 17 , is the following remarkable passage : " I had now the fatisfaction of seeing that thofe very prin- ciples which had been maintained by archbishop King , were ...
... laft edition of bishop Law's tranflation of the Origin of Evil , p . 17 , is the following remarkable passage : " I had now the fatisfaction of seeing that thofe very prin- ciples which had been maintained by archbishop King , were ...
Page 141
... laft inftant . Auguftus Cæfar died in a com- pliment ; Livia , conjugii noftri memor , vive et vale . Tiberius in diffimulation ; as Tacitus faith of him : Jam Tiberium vires et corpus , non diffimulatio deferebant , Vefpafian , in a ...
... laft inftant . Auguftus Cæfar died in a com- pliment ; Livia , conjugii noftri memor , vive et vale . Tiberius in diffimulation ; as Tacitus faith of him : Jam Tiberium vires et corpus , non diffimulatio deferebant , Vefpafian , in a ...
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abfurd Adamo Addiſon addreffed againſt alfo almoſt alſo beauty becauſe beſt Biſhop Boileau Bolingbroke cauſe cenfure character circumftance defcription defign Demetrius Phalereus Dryden Dunciad Effay elegant epiftle Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiment fhall fhew fhould finiſhed firft firſt fome fpeaking fpecies fpirit ftill ftriking ftyle fubject fuch fuperior genius hiftory himſelf Horace Houſe humour Iliad imitation inferted juft laft laſt letter lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lucretius malè Milton moft moſt muſt nature obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffed paffion perfon philofopher piece pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry POPE POPE's prefent profe publiſhed Quintilian reafon reprefented rife ſay SCENA ſhall Sophocles ſpeak ſtate Statius ſtyle Swift tafte taſte thefe theſe thofe thoſe tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe words writer δε και