An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 66
... late additions to his works , has the following remarkable words . " I own it flatters me to fee that POPE has fallen upon the very fame fentiment which I had entertained many years ago . " " Vous vous étonnez que Dieu ait fait l'homme ...
... late additions to his works , has the following remarkable words . " I own it flatters me to fee that POPE has fallen upon the very fame fentiment which I had entertained many years ago . " " Vous vous étonnez que Dieu ait fait l'homme ...
Page 82
... late they faw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admir'd fuch wisdom in an earthly shape , And fhew'd a Newton as we fhew an ape * . THE author of the letter on the Marks of imitation , is induced to think , from the fingularity of ...
... late they faw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admir'd fuch wisdom in an earthly shape , And fhew'd a Newton as we fhew an ape * . THE author of the letter on the Marks of imitation , is induced to think , from the fingularity of ...
Page 131
... late ; Mad at a fox - chafe , wife at a debate ; Drunk at a borough , civil at a ball ; Friendly at Hackney , faithlefs at Whitehall * . THE unexpected inequalities of our minds and tempers are here exhibited in a lively manner , and ...
... late ; Mad at a fox - chafe , wife at a debate ; Drunk at a borough , civil at a ball ; Friendly at Hackney , faithlefs at Whitehall * . THE unexpected inequalities of our minds and tempers are here exhibited in a lively manner , and ...
Page 148
... late Lord MELCOMBE informed me , that when he and Voltaire were on a visit to his Lord- ship at Eaftbury , the English poet was far fuperior to the French , in the variety and the novelty of his bon mots and repartees ; and Lord ...
... late Lord MELCOMBE informed me , that when he and Voltaire were on a visit to his Lord- ship at Eaftbury , the English poet was far fuperior to the French , in the variety and the novelty of his bon mots and repartees ; and Lord ...
Page 158
... late Lord BATHURST , told me , " that he was much furprized to fee what he had with repeated , pleafure fo often read as an epiftle addreffed to himself , in this edition converted into a dialogue ; in which , " faid he , I perceive I ...
... late Lord BATHURST , told me , " that he was much furprized to fee what he had with repeated , pleafure fo often read as an epiftle addreffed to himself , in this edition converted into a dialogue ; in which , " faid he , I perceive I ...
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