The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes, Complete. With Notes and Illustrations by Joseph Warton, D.D. and Others, Volumen3B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and others], 1797 |
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... verse , and even rhyme , for two reafons . The one will appear ob- vious ; that principles , maxims , or precepts fo written , both ftrike the reader more ftrongly at firft , and are more B 2 cafily [ 4 ] eafily retained by him ...
... verse , and even rhyme , for two reafons . The one will appear ob- vious ; that principles , maxims , or precepts fo written , both ftrike the reader more ftrongly at firft , and are more B 2 cafily [ 4 ] eafily retained by him ...
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... verse conspire to its general beauty : That as all parts in an animal are not eyes ; and as in a city , comedy , or picture , all ranks , cha- racters , and colours are not equal or alike ; even so exceffes and contrary qualities ...
... verse conspire to its general beauty : That as all parts in an animal are not eyes ; and as in a city , comedy , or picture , all ranks , cha- racters , and colours are not equal or alike ; even so exceffes and contrary qualities ...
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... verse : " To live along the line , " is equally bold and beautiful . In this part of the epiftle the poet seems to have re- markably laboured his style , which abounds in various figures , and is much elevated . Pope has practifed the ...
... verse : " To live along the line , " is equally bold and beautiful . In this part of the epiftle the poet seems to have re- markably laboured his style , which abounds in various figures , and is much elevated . Pope has practifed the ...
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... verse , perhaps fuperior . They who are fond of attributing the disorders and enormities in France to the influence of Voltaire's writings , ought in common justice to be re- minded , that even in one of his moft exceptionable works ...
... verse , perhaps fuperior . They who are fond of attributing the disorders and enormities in France to the influence of Voltaire's writings , ought in common justice to be re- minded , that even in one of his moft exceptionable works ...
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... Verse 272. from the fame author , Maxim . 36 . The late excellent Duke de la Rochefoucault , in a letter to Dr. Adam Smith , dated Paris , 3 Mars . 1778 , speaks thus of the Maxims of his ingenious grandfather , as too fevere on Human ...
... Verse 272. from the fame author , Maxim . 36 . The late excellent Duke de la Rochefoucault , in a letter to Dr. Adam Smith , dated Paris , 3 Mars . 1778 , speaks thus of the Maxims of his ingenious grandfather , as too fevere on Human ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 43 - Fabricator ac Dominus non erit nunquam, nufquam." Mr. Pope ; " Breathes in our foul, informs our mortal part, " As full, as perfeft, in a hair as heart...