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The regard of Pope recommended him to the great and powerful , and he obtained very valuable preferments in the Church . Not long after Pope was returning home from a visit in a friend's coach , which , in passing a bridge ...
The regard of Pope recommended him to the great and powerful , and he obtained very valuable preferments in the Church . Not long after Pope was returning home from a visit in a friend's coach , which , in passing a bridge ...
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When Cibber lampooned Pope , curiosity was excited ; what Pope would say of Cibber nobody enquired , but in hope that Pope's asperity might betray his pain and lessen his dignity . He should therefore have suffered the pamphlet to ...
When Cibber lampooned Pope , curiosity was excited ; what Pope would say of Cibber nobody enquired , but in hope that Pope's asperity might betray his pain and lessen his dignity . He should therefore have suffered the pamphlet to ...
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Pope had perhaps the judgement of Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastick , and who before he became an author ...
Pope had perhaps the judgement of Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastick , and who before he became an author ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Robert Montagu |
| Publisher | Folio Society, 1965 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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