Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... criticism ; and Griffen a player , in conjunction with Mr. Theo- bald , a man afterwards more remark- able , produced a pamphlet called the Key to the What d'ye call it ; which , fays Gay , calls me a blockhead , and Mr. Pope a knave ...
... criticism ; and Griffen a player , in conjunction with Mr. Theo- bald , a man afterwards more remark- able , produced a pamphlet called the Key to the What d'ye call it ; which , fays Gay , calls me a blockhead , and Mr. Pope a knave ...
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... criticism it is feldom fafe to con- tradict . He bestows just praise upon the Rife of Woman , the Fairy Tale , and the Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very pro- perly perly remarked , that in the Battle of Mice and PARNEL L. 7.
... criticism it is feldom fafe to con- tradict . He bestows just praise upon the Rife of Woman , the Fairy Tale , and the Pervigilium Veneris ; but has very pro- perly perly remarked , that in the Battle of Mice and PARNEL L. 7.
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... Nature , so excellent as not to want the help of Art , or of Art fo refined as to resemble Nature . This criticism relates only to the pieces published by Pope This 10 PARNEL L. fertility of mind. Of the little that ap- ...
... Nature , so excellent as not to want the help of Art , or of Art fo refined as to resemble Nature . This criticism relates only to the pieces published by Pope This 10 PARNEL L. fertility of mind. Of the little that ap- ...
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... can only fay that I know not whence they came , nor have ever enquired whi- ther they are going . They ftand upon the faith of the compilers . # I PHILIPS . O F the birth or early part PARNEL L. II This criticism relates only to the ...
... can only fay that I know not whence they came , nor have ever enquired whi- ther they are going . They ftand upon the faith of the compilers . # I PHILIPS . O F the birth or early part PARNEL L. II This criticism relates only to the ...
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... criticism recommend it as worthy of revival . Boulter was not well qualified to write diurnal effays ; but he knew how to prac- tise the liberality of greatnefs and the fidelity of friendship . When he was ad- vanced to the height of ...
... criticism recommend it as worthy of revival . Boulter was not well qualified to write diurnal effays ; but he knew how to prac- tise the liberality of greatnefs and the fidelity of friendship . When he was ad- vanced to the height of ...
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