Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 páginas |
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... because he difcovers a fuffi- ciency beyond his little ability , and hath rafhly undertaken a task infinitely above his force . Secondly , while this little author ftruts , and affects the dictatorian air , he plainly fhews that at the ...
... because he difcovers a fuffi- ciency beyond his little ability , and hath rafhly undertaken a task infinitely above his force . Secondly , while this little author ftruts , and affects the dictatorian air , he plainly fhews that at the ...
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... because his pofitions are general , and his reprefentations natural , with very little dependence on local or temporary customs , on thofe changeable fcenes of artificial life , which , by min- gling original with accidental notions ...
... because his pofitions are general , and his reprefentations natural , with very little dependence on local or temporary customs , on thofe changeable fcenes of artificial life , which , by min- gling original with accidental notions ...
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... because I have been fo happy as to divert you fome few " hours ; but , if I may have leave to " add it is because you think me no ¢ " enemy to my native country , there " will appear a better reafon ; for I " muft of confequence be very ...
... because I have been fo happy as to divert you fome few " hours ; but , if I may have leave to " add it is because you think me no ¢ " enemy to my native country , there " will appear a better reafon ; for I " muft of confequence be very ...
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... because the reader knows not what they have blot- ted . Pope's voracity of fame taught him the art of obtaining the accumu- lated honour both of what he had pub- lifhed , and of what he had fuppreffed . In this year his father died ...
... because the reader knows not what they have blot- ted . Pope's voracity of fame taught him the art of obtaining the accumu- lated honour both of what he had pub- lifhed , and of what he had fuppreffed . In this year his father died ...
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... because no falfhood was ever detected ; and when fome years afterwards I men- tioned it to Lintot , the fon of Bernard , he declared his opinion to be , that Pope knew better than any body else how Curl obtained the copies , because ...
... because no falfhood was ever detected ; and when fome years afterwards I men- tioned it to Lintot , the fon of Bernard , he declared his opinion to be , that Pope knew better than any body else how Curl obtained the copies , because ...
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