The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Parker, 1873 |
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Pàgina 7
... virtue , and caressed without good - humour . Pope was proud of his notice ; Wycherley wrote verses in his praise , which he was charged by Dennis with writ- ing to himself , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is ...
... virtue , and caressed without good - humour . Pope was proud of his notice ; Wycherley wrote verses in his praise , which he was charged by Dennis with writ- ing to himself , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is ...
Pàgina 10
... his person is depreciated ; but he seems to have known something of Pope's character , in whom may be discovered an appetite to talk too frequently of his own virtues . f The pamphlet is such as rage might be expected to 10 POPE .
... his person is depreciated ; but he seems to have known something of Pope's character , in whom may be discovered an appetite to talk too frequently of his own virtues . f The pamphlet is such as rage might be expected to 10 POPE .
Pàgina 14
... virtues , as that without which no other virtue can steadily be practised ; but he might , with equal propriety , have placed prudence and justice before it , since without prudence fortitude is mad ; without justice , it is mischievous ...
... virtues , as that without which no other virtue can steadily be practised ; but he might , with equal propriety , have placed prudence and justice before it , since without prudence fortitude is mad ; without justice , it is mischievous ...
Pàgina 70
... virtue and happiness purely rational ; and therefore it was not long before he was persuaded that the positions of Pope , as they terminated for the most part in natural religion , were intended to draw mankind away from revelation ...
... virtue and happiness purely rational ; and therefore it was not long before he was persuaded that the positions of Pope , as they terminated for the most part in natural religion , were intended to draw mankind away from revelation ...
Pàgina 76
... virtue will be read with wonder , but that which is unattainable is recom- mended in vain ; that good may be endeavoured , it must be shewn to be possible . This is the only piece in which the author has given a hint of his religion ...
... virtue will be read with wonder , but that which is unattainable is recom- mended in vain ; that good may be endeavoured , it must be shewn to be possible . This is the only piece in which the author has given a hint of his religion ...
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