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... sufficient to remark , that the nation had been satisfied , from 1623 to 1664 , that is , forty - one years , with only two editions of the works of Shake- speare , which probably did not together make one thousand copies . The sale of ...
... sufficient to remark , that the nation had been satisfied , from 1623 to 1664 , that is , forty - one years , with only two editions of the works of Shake- speare , which probably did not together make one thousand copies . The sale of ...
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... sufficiently extensive and multifarious ; for his early pieces shew , with sufficient evidence , his knowledge 276 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... sufficiently extensive and multifarious ; for his early pieces shew , with sufficient evidence , his knowledge 276 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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... sufficient ; the purpose of a writer is to be read , and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside . Pope wrote for his own age and his own nation : he knew that it was necessary to colour the images ...
... sufficient ; the purpose of a writer is to be read , and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside . Pope wrote for his own age and his own nation : he knew that it was necessary to colour the images ...
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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