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... Curll , who inserted them in a volume of his " Miscellanies . " Walsh , a name yet preserved among the minor poets , was one of his first encouragers . His regard was gained by the pastorals , and from him Pope received the counsel from ...
... Curll , who inserted them in a volume of his " Miscellanies . " Walsh , a name yet preserved among the minor poets , was one of his first encouragers . His regard was gained by the pastorals , and from him Pope received the counsel from ...
Page 105
... Curll , who printed them . In these " Miscellanies was first published the " Art of Sinking in Poetry , " which , by such a train of con- sequences as usually passes in literary quarrels , gave in a short time , according to Pope's ...
... Curll , who printed them . In these " Miscellanies was first published the " Art of Sinking in Poetry , " which , by such a train of con- sequences as usually passes in literary quarrels , gave in a short time , according to Pope's ...
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... Curll . When they were thus pub- lished and avowed , as they had relation to recent facts , and persons either then living or not yet forgotten , they may be supposed to have found readers ; but , as the facts were minute , and the ...
... Curll . When they were thus pub- lished and avowed , as they had relation to recent facts , and persons either then living or not yet forgotten , they may be supposed to have found readers ; but , as the facts were minute , and the ...
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Addison afterwards appear Atrides Battle of Ramillies beauties Binfield Blackmore Boileau Bolingbroke censure character Cibber composition Congreve considered contempt copies couplet criticism Curll declared delight Dennis desire diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Earl of Oxford edition elegance endeavoured English poets Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence fame faults favour friends friendship genius Halifax heroes Homer honour Iliad images imitation judgment kind King known labour language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mankind mind nature never numbers o'er opinion original performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise present printed Prior prose published readers reason remarks reputation RICHARD HAKLUYT ridicule SAMUEL JOHNSON satire says seems sometimes supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation verses versification virtue volume Warburton Westminster Abbey write written wrote