The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 65R. Griffiths, 1781 - Books |
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... attention . There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not the fole praife of either ; for both excelled like- wife in profe ; but Pope did not borrow his profe from his ...
... attention . There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not the fole praife of either ; for both excelled like- wife in profe ; but Pope did not borrow his profe from his ...
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