The Works of Alexander Pope: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 5C. a J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... ridicule and absur- dity arises from the judicial blindness of the objectors ; he , there- fore , more fitly employs the word VINDICATE , which conveys the idea of a confutation attended with punishment . Thus , suscipere vindictam ...
... ridicule and absur- dity arises from the judicial blindness of the objectors ; he , there- fore , more fitly employs the word VINDICATE , which conveys the idea of a confutation attended with punishment . Thus , suscipere vindictam ...
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... ridicule of the weeds ' and the Satellites ' complaint , had they the faculties of speech and reasoning , would be obvious to all ; because their very situation and office might have convinced them of their folly . Your folly , says the ...
... ridicule of the weeds ' and the Satellites ' complaint , had they the faculties of speech and reasoning , would be obvious to all ; because their very situation and office might have convinced them of their folly . Your folly , says the ...
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... ridicule on those heavenly spirits . The Indian , says the Poet , contents himself without any thing of that flame , which devours at the same time that it nourisheth . " Comm . p . 77. But the Poet is clear of this imputation . Nothing ...
... ridicule on those heavenly spirits . The Indian , says the Poet , contents himself without any thing of that flame , which devours at the same time that it nourisheth . " Comm . p . 77. But the Poet is clear of this imputation . Nothing ...
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... ridicule of imagining the greater portions of the material system to be solely for the use of Man , true philosophy has suffi- ciently exposed : and common sense , as the Poet observes , in- structs us to conclude , that our fellow ...
... ridicule of imagining the greater portions of the material system to be solely for the use of Man , true philosophy has suffi- ciently exposed : and common sense , as the Poet observes , in- structs us to conclude , that our fellow ...
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... ridicule of the original by ce Roi de l'Univers , the mistake is still worse ; for the force of the argument depends upon its being said seriously ; the Poet being here speaking of a scale from the high- est to the lowest in the mundane ...
... ridicule of the original by ce Roi de l'Univers , the mistake is still worse ; for the force of the argument depends upon its being said seriously ; the Poet being here speaking of a scale from the high- est to the lowest in the mundane ...
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