The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersA. Millar [and others], 1757 |
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... fo compleatly covered his whole perfon , that whether or no he had any other cloaths ( much less any linnen ) under it , I fhall not fay ; but his fword appeared a full yard B z behind him , and his manner of wearing it was.
... fo compleatly covered his whole perfon , that whether or no he had any other cloaths ( much less any linnen ) under it , I fhall not fay ; but his fword appeared a full yard B z behind him , and his manner of wearing it was.
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Alexander Pope. behind him , and his manner of wearing it was fo ftiff , that it feemed grown to his Thigh . His whole figure was fo utterly unlike any thing of this world , that it was not natural for any man to ask him a queftion ...
Alexander Pope. behind him , and his manner of wearing it was fo ftiff , that it feemed grown to his Thigh . His whole figure was fo utterly unlike any thing of this world , that it was not natural for any man to ask him a queftion ...
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... manner of Cervantes ( the original author of this fpecies of fatire ) under the history of fome feigned adventures . They had obferved thofe abuses ftill kept their ground against all that the ableft and graveft Authors could fay to ...
... manner of Cervantes ( the original author of this fpecies of fatire ) under the history of fome feigned adventures . They had obferved thofe abuses ftill kept their ground against all that the ableft and graveft Authors could fay to ...
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... manner , What , bred at home ! Have I taken all this pains " for a creature that is to live the inglorious life of " a Cabbage , to fuck the nutritious juices from the 66 fpot where he was firft planted ? No ; to peram- " bulate this ...
... manner , What , bred at home ! Have I taken all this pains " for a creature that is to live the inglorious life of " a Cabbage , to fuck the nutritious juices from the 66 fpot where he was firft planted ? No ; to peram- " bulate this ...
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... manner brought into the Study , to be shown to certain learned men of his acquaintance . The regard he had for this Shield , had caused him formerly to compile a Differtation concerning it ' , proving from the several properties , and ...
... manner brought into the Study , to be shown to certain learned men of his acquaintance . The regard he had for this Shield , had caused him formerly to compile a Differtation concerning it ' , proving from the several properties , and ...
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Page 282 - Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil, the better artist. In one we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty...
Page 307 - ... between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Page 202 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Page 316 - Spenser, whom he will not allow to be great enough to be ranked with him; and challenges the names of Sophocles, Euripides, and...
Page 164 - To make an Episode. Take any remaining adventure of your former collection in which you could no way involve your hero, or any unfortunate accident that was too good to be thrown away, and it will be of use applied to any other person, who may be lost and evaporate in the course of the work without the least damage to the composition.
Page 309 - The audience was generally composed of the meaner sort of people; and therefore the images of life were to be drawn from those of their own rank. Accordingly we find that not our author's only but almost all the old comedies have their scene among tradesmen and mechanics; and even their historical plays strictly follow the common old stories or vulgar traditions of that kind of people.
Page 306 - ... him. His characters are so much nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have a constant resemblance, which...
Page 273 - ... and after all the various changes of times and religions, his gods continue to this day the gods of poetry.
Page 288 - OdyfTes above the yEneis : as that the. hero is a wifer man ; and the action of the one more beneficial to his country than that of the other : or...
Page 241 - Locke takes notice of a mother who permitted them to her children, but rewarded or punished them as they treated them well or ill. This was no other than entering them betimes into a daily...