The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 страница |
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... objects of ambition are more or Îefs diftant . The habit of application will be vigorous or faint , as the reward propofed is great or small , near or remote . When genius wanders without a friendly guide to direct its fteps , and ...
... objects of ambition are more or Îefs diftant . The habit of application will be vigorous or faint , as the reward propofed is great or small , near or remote . When genius wanders without a friendly guide to direct its fteps , and ...
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... objects a barrennefs of invention to Mr. POPE , it is to be wished that he had previously defined what invention is , or at least what he intended by the ufe of that word . As he has omitted it however , an attempt will be made in its ...
... objects a barrennefs of invention to Mr. POPE , it is to be wished that he had previously defined what invention is , or at least what he intended by the ufe of that word . As he has omitted it however , an attempt will be made in its ...
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... objects , that there is not a fingle rural image in thefe paftorals that is new , it is no more than what our poet himfelf premises , with that candor and modesty which is ever attendant on genuine merit . For in his excellent difcourfe ...
... objects , that there is not a fingle rural image in thefe paftorals that is new , it is no more than what our poet himfelf premises , with that candor and modesty which is ever attendant on genuine merit . For in his excellent difcourfe ...
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... objects , which are not to be found in na- ture . The figs and honey which he affigns * as a reward to a victorious ... object of defire . Any other premium than figs and honey , might therefore , in Sicily , have been affigned with ...
... objects , which are not to be found in na- ture . The figs and honey which he affigns * as a reward to a victorious ... object of defire . Any other premium than figs and honey , might therefore , in Sicily , have been affigned with ...
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... objects that " a mixture of British and Grecian ideas , may be juftly deemed a ble- mish in the PASTORALS of POPE : and pro- priety , " he adds , " is certain to be violated when he couples Pactolus with the Thames , " & c . How far ...
... objects that " a mixture of British and Grecian ideas , may be juftly deemed a ble- mish in the PASTORALS of POPE : and pro- priety , " he adds , " is certain to be violated when he couples Pactolus with the Thames , " & c . How far ...
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