Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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Page 340
... Epitaphs . in To define an epitaph is useless ; every one knows that it is an infcription on a tomb . An epitaph , therefore , implies no particular character of writing , but may be composed in verse or prose . It is I may 340 POPE ...
... Epitaphs . in To define an epitaph is useless ; every one knows that it is an infcription on a tomb . An epitaph , therefore , implies no particular character of writing , but may be composed in verse or prose . It is I may 340 POPE ...
Page 342
... epitaph con- tains a kind of information which few would want , that the man , for whom the tomb was erected , died . There are in- deed fome qualities , worthy of praise afcribed to the dead , but none that were likely to exempt him ...
... epitaph con- tains a kind of information which few would want , that the man , for whom the tomb was erected , died . There are in- deed fome qualities , worthy of praise afcribed to the dead , but none that were likely to exempt him ...
Page 345
... , whofe ancestors were remembered , or whose posterity were likely to be regarded . I know not whether this epitaph be worthy either of the writer , or of the man entombed . II . II . On Sir WILLIAM TRUMBUL , one of the POPE . 345.
... , whofe ancestors were remembered , or whose posterity were likely to be regarded . I know not whether this epitaph be worthy either of the writer , or of the man entombed . II . II . On Sir WILLIAM TRUMBUL , one of the POPE . 345.
Page 346
... now , from earth remov'd , At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd . In this epitaph , as in many others , there appears , at the first view , a fault which I think fcarcely any beauty can compenfate . The which 346 POPE . II. ...
... now , from earth remov'd , At length enjoys that liberty he lov'd . In this epitaph , as in many others , there appears , at the first view , a fault which I think fcarcely any beauty can compenfate . The which 346 POPE . II. ...
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... epitaph is to convey fome ac- count of the dead ; and to what purpose is any thing told of him whofe name is . concealed ? An epitaph , and a history , of a nameless hero , are equally abfurd , fince the virtues and qualities fo re ...
... epitaph is to convey fome ac- count of the dead ; and to what purpose is any thing told of him whofe name is . concealed ? An epitaph , and a history , of a nameless hero , are equally abfurd , fince the virtues and qualities fo re ...
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