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... Pope , as being " that which has been often thought , but was never before so well ex- pressed , " they certainly ... Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dig- nity , and reduces it from ...
... Pope , as being " that which has been often thought , but was never before so well ex- pressed , " they certainly ... Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dig- nity , and reduces it from ...
Page 205
... Pope , in whom he discovered very early the power of poetry . Their letters are written upon the pastoral comedy of the Italians , and those pastorals which Pope was then preparing to publish . The kindnesses which are first experienced ...
... Pope , in whom he discovered very early the power of poetry . Their letters are written upon the pastoral comedy of the Italians , and those pastorals which Pope was then preparing to publish . The kindnesses which are first experienced ...
Page 332
... Pope , in the character of Bufo , with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , " fed with dedications ; " for Tickell affirms that no dedication was unrewarded . To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of flattery , and to ...
... Pope , in the character of Bufo , with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , " fed with dedications ; " for Tickell affirms that no dedication was unrewarded . To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of flattery , and to ...
Page 335
... Pope's dedication , admitted him as a favourite companion to his convivial hours ; but , as it seems often to have happened in those times to the favourites of the great , without attention to his fortune , which , however , was in no ...
... Pope's dedication , admitted him as a favourite companion to his convivial hours ; but , as it seems often to have happened in those times to the favourites of the great , without attention to his fortune , which , however , was in no ...
Page 340
... Pope afterwards declared himself convinced , that Garth died in the communion of the church of Rome , having been ... Pope's Essay , remarks , that Garth exhibits no discrimination of characters ; and that what any one says might , with ...
... Pope afterwards declared himself convinced , that Garth died in the communion of the church of Rome , having been ... Pope's Essay , remarks , that Garth exhibits no discrimination of characters ; and that what any one says might , with ...
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