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... Pope had the first experience of a critic without malevolence , who thought it as much his duty to display beauties as expose faults ; who censured with respect , and praised with alacrity . With this criticism Pope was so little ...
... Pope had the first experience of a critic without malevolence , who thought it as much his duty to display beauties as expose faults ; who censured with respect , and praised with alacrity . With this criticism Pope was so little ...
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... Pope in his local manners . The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation , and those of Pope by minute attention . There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not ...
... Pope in his local manners . The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation , and those of Pope by minute attention . There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not ...
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... Pope , weary of the toil , called Fenton and Broome to his assistance ; and taking only half the work upon himself ... Pope's , was always known : he had mentioned the assistance of two friends in his Proposals , and at the end of the ...
... Pope , weary of the toil , called Fenton and Broome to his assistance ; and taking only half the work upon himself ... Pope's , was always known : he had mentioned the assistance of two friends in his Proposals , and at the end of the ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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