An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756-1782)Garland Pub., 1974 - Verse satire, English |
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... Dryden . It is to his fables , though wrote in his old age * , that Dryden will owe his immortality , and among them , particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigif- munda and Guifcardo , Theodore and Ho- noria ; and above all , to his ...
... Dryden . It is to his fables , though wrote in his old age * , that Dryden will owe his immortality , and among them , particularly , to Palamon and Arcite , Sigif- munda and Guifcardo , Theodore and Ho- noria ; and above all , to his ...
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Joseph Warton. O * 22. Dryden alone ( what wonder ? ) came not night Dryden alone escap'd his judging eye ; But ftill , the great have kindness in reserve , He help'd to bury whom he help'd to ftarve + . OUR poet , with true gratitude ...
Joseph Warton. O * 22. Dryden alone ( what wonder ? ) came not night Dryden alone escap'd his judging eye ; But ftill , the great have kindness in reserve , He help'd to bury whom he help'd to ftarve + . OUR poet , with true gratitude ...
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... Dryden's works will remain , when the Characteristics will be forgotten , 23 . Bleft be the Great for those they ... Dryden , upon feeing fome of Swift's earliest verses , faid to him , “ Young man , you will never be a poet . " And that ...
... Dryden's works will remain , when the Characteristics will be forgotten , 23 . Bleft be the Great for those they ... Dryden , upon feeing fome of Swift's earliest verses , faid to him , “ Young man , you will never be a poet . " And that ...
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