Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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... virtue , and careffed without good - humour . Pope was proud of his notice ; Wycherley wrote verses in his praife , which he was charged by Dennis with writing to himself , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is ...
... virtue , and careffed without good - humour . Pope was proud of his notice ; Wycherley wrote verses in his praife , which he was charged by Dennis with writing to himself , and they agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is ...
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... found or made . Ariftotle is praised for naming Fortitu de first of the cardinal virtues , as that with- out which no other virtue can steadily be practised ; 4 out 32 POPE . neral principle, there is feldom any co- ...
... found or made . Ariftotle is praised for naming Fortitu de first of the cardinal virtues , as that with- out which no other virtue can steadily be practised ; 4 out 32 POPE . neral principle, there is feldom any co- ...
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Samuel Johnson. out which no other virtue can steadily be practised ; but he might , with equal propriety , have placed Prudence and Juftice before it , fince without Pru- dence Fortitude is mad ; without Justice , it is mifchievous . As ...
Samuel Johnson. out which no other virtue can steadily be practised ; but he might , with equal propriety , have placed Prudence and Juftice before it , fince without Pru- dence Fortitude is mad ; without Justice , it is mifchievous . As ...
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... with diftruft upon all metaphyfical fyf- tems of Theology , and all fchemes of virtue and happinefs purely rational , and therefore it was not long before he L 2 was was perfuaded that the pofitions of Pope , as they P O P E. 163.
... with diftruft upon all metaphyfical fyf- tems of Theology , and all fchemes of virtue and happinefs purely rational , and therefore it was not long before he L 2 was was perfuaded that the pofitions of Pope , as they P O P E. 163.
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... virtue will be read with wonder , but that which is unattainable is recon- mended in vain ; that good may be en- deavoured , it must be fhewn to be pof- fible . This is the only piece in which the author has M This POPE . 177 integrity ...
... virtue will be read with wonder , but that which is unattainable is recon- mended in vain ; that good may be en- deavoured , it must be fhewn to be pof- fible . This is the only piece in which the author has M This POPE . 177 integrity ...
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