The Works of Alexander Pope: LettersA. Millar [and others], 1757 |
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... course of the life of this learned perfon we may have occafion to treat and one particularly that remains undecided to this day ; it was taken from the learned Suarez . XIV . An præter esse actualis effentiæ fit aliud esse 3 MARTINUS ...
... course of the life of this learned perfon we may have occafion to treat and one particularly that remains undecided to this day ; it was taken from the learned Suarez . XIV . An præter esse actualis effentiæ fit aliud esse 3 MARTINUS ...
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... Course of the Fluids . Confider how the current of mighty Rivers , nay the very channels of the Ocean are changed from what they were in ancient days ; and can we be fo vain to imagine that the Micrc- cofm of the human body alone is ...
... Course of the Fluids . Confider how the current of mighty Rivers , nay the very channels of the Ocean are changed from what they were in ancient days ; and can we be fo vain to imagine that the Micrc- cofm of the human body alone is ...
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... course of Vomition ) he determined to leave it off entirely , and to apply himself only to difeafes of the Mind . He attempted to find out Specificks for all the Paffions ; and as other Phyficians throw their Patients into fweats ...
... course of Vomition ) he determined to leave it off entirely , and to apply himself only to difeafes of the Mind . He attempted to find out Specificks for all the Paffions ; and as other Phyficians throw their Patients into fweats ...
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... course of these Memoirs . I may venture to say they cannot be unacceptable to any , but to those , who will appear too much concerned as Plagiaries , to be admitted as Judges . Wherefore we warn the public , to take particular notice of ...
... course of these Memoirs . I may venture to say they cannot be unacceptable to any , but to those , who will appear too much concerned as Plagiaries , to be admitted as Judges . Wherefore we warn the public , to take particular notice of ...
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... car- ried off at once whole Cart - loads of our manufac- ture ; to reclaim some of which stolen goods is part of the defign of this Treatife . " For we shall fee in the course of this work H 3 Of the ART OF SINKING IN POETRY . 101.
... car- ried off at once whole Cart - loads of our manufac- ture ; to reclaim some of which stolen goods is part of the defign of this Treatife . " For we shall fee in the course of this work H 3 Of the ART OF SINKING IN POETRY . 101.
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 316 - Spenser, whom he will not allow to be great enough to be ranked with him; and challenges the names of Sophocles, Euripides, and...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 273 - ... and after all the various changes of times and religions, his gods continue to this day the gods of poetry.
Página 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...
Página 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...