Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 220
... Pope's Miscellanies , many of his early pieces were inserted . Pope and Broome were to be yet more closely con- nected . When the success of the Iliad gave encouragement to a version of the Odyssey , Pope , weary of the toil , called ...
... Pope's Miscellanies , many of his early pieces were inserted . Pope and Broome were to be yet more closely con- nected . When the success of the Iliad gave encouragement to a version of the Odyssey , Pope , weary of the toil , called ...
Page 277
... Pope testified that , whatever might be the seeming or real import of the principles which he had received from Bolingbroke , he had not intentionally at- tacked religion ... Pope's fondness for the Essay on Man appeared by his POPE 277.
... Pope testified that , whatever might be the seeming or real import of the principles which he had received from Bolingbroke , he had not intentionally at- tacked religion ... Pope's fondness for the Essay on Man appeared by his POPE 277.
Page 308
... Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastick ... Pope in his local manners . The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation , and those of Pope by minute ...
... Pope . In acquired knowledge , the superiority must be allowed to Dryden , whose education was more scholastick ... Pope in his local manners . The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation , and those of Pope by minute ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young