Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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... ridicule Dryden's " Hind and Panther , " in conjunction with Mr. Montague . There is a story of great pain suffered , and of tears shed , on this occasion by Dryden , who thought it hard that “ an old man should be so treated by those ...
... ridicule Dryden's " Hind and Panther , " in conjunction with Mr. Montague . There is a story of great pain suffered , and of tears shed , on this occasion by Dryden , who thought it hard that “ an old man should be so treated by those ...
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... ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the loss of his place , was written by Prior , and answered by Addison , who appears to have known the author either by conjecture or intelligence . The Tories , who were now in power , were ...
... ridicule of Garth's verses to Godolphin upon the loss of his place , was written by Prior , and answered by Addison , who appears to have known the author either by conjecture or intelligence . The Tories , who were now in power , were ...
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... ridicule in a Prologue , encomit The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whose favour they almost all courted , was his professed adversary . He had , besides , given them reason for re- sentment , as , in his preface to ...
... ridicule in a Prologue , encomit The wits easily confederated against him , as Dryden , whose favour they almost all courted , was his professed adversary . He had , besides , given them reason for re- sentment , as , in his preface to ...
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... ridicule from every side . This he doubtless foresaw , and evidently despised ; nor should his dignity of mind be without its praise , had he not paid the homage to greatness which he denied to genius , and degraded him- self by ...
... ridicule from every side . This he doubtless foresaw , and evidently despised ; nor should his dignity of mind be without its praise , had he not paid the homage to greatness which he denied to genius , and degraded him- self by ...
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... ridiculed ; the two last had neither friends nor enemies . Contempt is a kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part of a character , corrupts all the rest by degrees . Blackmore being despised as a poet , was in time neglected as ...
... ridiculed ; the two last had neither friends nor enemies . Contempt is a kind of gangrene , which , if it seizes one part of a character , corrupts all the rest by degrees . Blackmore being despised as a poet , was in time neglected as ...
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