The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 |
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Pàgina 9
... fubject fo calculated , in all points , whereon to display their abilities ? What wonderful produc- " tions of wit fhould we be deprived of from thofe , " whofe genius , by continual practice , hath been " wholly turned upon raillery ...
... fubject fo calculated , in all points , whereon to display their abilities ? What wonderful produc- " tions of wit fhould we be deprived of from thofe , " whofe genius , by continual practice , hath been " wholly turned upon raillery ...
Pàgina 10
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. " other fubject , through all art or nature , could " have produced Tindal for a profound author , or " furnished him with readers ? It is the wife choice " of the fubject that ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. " other fubject , through all art or nature , could " have produced Tindal for a profound author , or " furnished him with readers ? It is the wife choice " of the fubject that ...
Pàgina 108
... known or recollected . The fubject itself had nothing gene- rally interefting , for whom did it concern to know that one or another fcribbler was a dunce ? If there- fore fore it had been poffible for those who were attacked 108 POPE .
... known or recollected . The fubject itself had nothing gene- rally interefting , for whom did it concern to know that one or another fcribbler was a dunce ? If there- fore fore it had been poffible for those who were attacked 108 POPE .
Pàgina 132
... fubject was Vice too high to be yet exposed . The time however foon came , in which it was fafe to display the Dutchefs of Marlborough under the name of Atoffa ; and her character was inferted with no great honour to the writer's ...
... fubject was Vice too high to be yet exposed . The time however foon came , in which it was fafe to display the Dutchefs of Marlborough under the name of Atoffa ; and her character was inferted with no great honour to the writer's ...
Pàgina 142
... ridiculous fiction , established a colony in Britain . The fubject therefore was of the fabulous age ; the actors were a race upon whom imagination has been exhaufted , and atten- tion wearied , and to whom the mind will not tion 142 POPE .
... ridiculous fiction , established a colony in Britain . The fubject therefore was of the fabulous age ; the actors were a race upon whom imagination has been exhaufted , and atten- tion wearied , and to whom the mind will not tion 142 POPE .
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