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Page 72
... copies as a numerous impression . Dennis was not his only censurer ; the zealous Papists thought the monks treated with too much contempt , and Erasmus too studiously praised ; but to these objections he had not much regard . The ...
... copies as a numerous impression . Dennis was not his only censurer ; the zealous Papists thought the monks treated with too much contempt , and Erasmus too studiously praised ; but to these objections he had not much regard . The ...
Page 80
... copies which were to be delivered to subscribers , or presented to friends , and paying two hundred pounds for every ... copies printed for the subscribers . Lintot printed two hundred and fifty on royal paper in folio for two guineas a ...
... copies which were to be delivered to subscribers , or presented to friends , and paying two hundred pounds for every ... copies printed for the subscribers . Lintot printed two hundred and fifty on royal paper in folio for two guineas a ...
Page 84
... copies , for which subscriptions were given , were six hundred and fifty - four ; and only six hundred and sixty were printed . For these copies 84 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... copies , for which subscriptions were given , were six hundred and fifty - four ; and only six hundred and sixty were printed . For these copies 84 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 85
... copies Pope had nothing to pay . He therefore received , including the two hundred pounds a volume , five thousand three hundred and twenty pounds four shillings , without de- duction , as the books were supplied by Lintot . " " By the ...
... copies Pope had nothing to pay . He therefore received , including the two hundred pounds a volume , five thousand three hundred and twenty pounds four shillings , without de- duction , as the books were supplied by Lintot . " " By the ...
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... copies were sold at sixteen shillings each . On this undertaking , to which Pope was induced by a reward of two hundred and seventeen pounds twelve shillings , he seems never to have reflected afterwards without vexation ; for Theo ...
... copies were sold at sixteen shillings each . On this undertaking , to which Pope was induced by a reward of two hundred and seventeen pounds twelve shillings , he seems never to have reflected afterwards without vexation ; for Theo ...
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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