Works of the Author of the Pursuits of Literature: Consisting Of: I. Pursuits of Literature ... II. A Translation of the Passages ... Quoted in the Prefaces ... to the Pursuits of Literature. III. The Imperial Epistle from Kien Long, Emperor of China to Geo. III ... IV. The Shade of Alex. Pope, Esq. on the Banks of the Thames ...J. Milliken, 1799 |
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... appears to me , the power of legitimate Satire thus extended , and ftrengthened with the rampart of profe , and fully under- stood , is the best , if not the only literary fupport left . I am fure it cannot be conftrued into an hired ...
... appears to me , the power of legitimate Satire thus extended , and ftrengthened with the rampart of profe , and fully under- stood , is the best , if not the only literary fupport left . I am fure it cannot be conftrued into an hired ...
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... appear in the form of an Epiftle , a mock epick , or a didactick poem ; but as a converfation in which fubje & s are difcuffed as they rife naturally and eafily : and the notes illuftrate and enforce the general and particular doârines ...
... appear in the form of an Epiftle , a mock epick , or a didactick poem ; but as a converfation in which fubje & s are difcuffed as they rife naturally and eafily : and the notes illuftrate and enforce the general and particular doârines ...
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... appear , as the regent of their philofophical day , nothing can be conceived more auguft , nothing more ennobling , no- thing more dignified . Poetry and philofophy may then fpeak a language worthy of themselves : Altius his nihil eft ...
... appear , as the regent of their philofophical day , nothing can be conceived more auguft , nothing more ennobling , no- thing more dignified . Poetry and philofophy may then fpeak a language worthy of themselves : Altius his nihil eft ...
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... appears as the political Hecate ( b ) , or Diana , in their triple forms . Some of it alfo might be fpared for Earl Fitzwilliam with good effect ; but I should be unwilling to wafte the precious liquor on the noble head of his Grace of ...
... appears as the political Hecate ( b ) , or Diana , in their triple forms . Some of it alfo might be fpared for Earl Fitzwilliam with good effect ; but I should be unwilling to wafte the precious liquor on the noble head of his Grace of ...
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... appear but for a season , and for a peculiar purpose , in such a garb . It is neceffary now to affume thofe higher functions to which I am called , to claim for myself , and to vindicate the undoubted right ( f ) and hereditary dignity ...
... appear but for a season , and for a peculiar purpose , in such a garb . It is neceffary now to affume thofe higher functions to which I am called , to claim for myself , and to vindicate the undoubted right ( f ) and hereditary dignity ...
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