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Page 288
... believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed indifferently with ...
... believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was personally known to almost all whom dignity of employment or splendour of reputation had made eminent ; he conversed indifferently with ...
Page 412
... believe , made him known to the publick . An invitation from lady Cobham about this time gave occasion to an odd composition called A Long Story , which adds little to Gray's character . Several of his pieces were published ( 1753 ) ...
... believe , made him known to the publick . An invitation from lady Cobham about this time gave occasion to an odd composition called A Long Story , which adds little to Gray's character . Several of his pieces were published ( 1753 ) ...
Page 415
... believe to be good . What has occurred to me , from the slight inspection of his Letters in which my undertaking has ... believe what they do not understand ; fourthly , they will believe any thing at all , provided they are under no ...
... believe to be good . What has occurred to me , from the slight inspection of his Letters in which my undertaking has ... believe what they do not understand ; fourthly , they will believe any thing at all , provided they are under no ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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Absalom and Achitophel Addison afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censured character Charles Dryden comedy composition Congreve considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English English poetry epick epitaph Euripides excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick Homer honour Iliad images imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour lady language Latin learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax metaphysical poets Milton mind nature never numbers opinion Paradise Lost passions perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise preface produced publick published reader reason remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes stanza supposed tell things Thomson thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue WILLIAM CONGREVE words write written wrote