An Essay on ManMaynard, Merrill & Company, 1890 - 64 Seiten |
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... formed themselves upon classical models , as the Latinists of the Renaissance imitated Cicero and Virgil . English writers had begun to perceive that there was such an art as the art of writing ; that it was not enough to put down words ...
... formed themselves upon classical models , as the Latinists of the Renaissance imitated Cicero and Virgil . English writers had begun to perceive that there was such an art as the art of writing ; that it was not enough to put down words ...
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... forming a tem- perate , yet not inconsistent , and a short , yet not imperfect , system of ethics . This I might have done in prose ; but I chose verse , and even rhyme , for two reasons . The one will appear obvious ; that prin- ciples ...
... forming a tem- perate , yet not inconsistent , and a short , yet not imperfect , system of ethics . This I might have done in prose ; but I chose verse , and even rhyme , for two reasons . The one will appear obvious ; that prin- ciples ...
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... formed so weak , so little , and so blind ? 15. Candid . Lenient and favorable in judgment . 16. Alludes to the subject which runs through the whole design - the jus- tification of the methods of Providence . - POPE . " And justify the ...
... formed so weak , so little , and so blind ? 15. Candid . Lenient and favorable in judgment . 16. Alludes to the subject which runs through the whole design - the jus- tification of the methods of Providence . - POPE . " And justify the ...
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Alexander Pope. First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why formed no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ! Or ask of yonder argent fields ...
Alexander Pope. First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why formed no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ! Or ask of yonder argent fields ...
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... formed for strength , their swiftness is lessened ; or as they are formed for swiftness , their strength is abated . - POPE . 184. To add and to abate seem to imply a passive signification - Nothing to be added and nothing to be abated ...
... formed for strength , their swiftness is lessened ; or as they are formed for swiftness , their strength is abated . - POPE . 184. To add and to abate seem to imply a passive signification - Nothing to be added and nothing to be abated ...
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adjective agreeing ALEXANDER POPE alike Alludes ancient angels apposition ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE beast began blessing blest bliss breathes Cæsar Catiline chain Cicero confest connected creature Decius Dunciad earth embrace Epistle II Essay etc.-POPE eternal ethereal faith fame feel fool formed French Revolution gives govern happier happiness Heaven hope human imperfection indefinite pronoun infinitive mode instinct Julius Cæsar kings laws learned light lives Lord man's mankind means mind moral nature Nature's never nominative note to line noun numbers o'er object pain participle passions perfect Philomela planets pleasure poet poetical Pompey Pope preposition pride principle pronoun relative pronoun rise ruling angels Self-love and social sense shade sire soul spheres Stoics substantive phrase taught thee things thou thy reason tion toil touch truth Turenne Twickenham verb vice virtue weak Whate'er whole wise wrong