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... critics , were at last printed ( 1709 ) in Tonson's [ Sixth ] Miscellany , in a volume which began with the Pastorals of Philips , and ended with those of Pope . The same year [ 1709 ] was written the Essay on Criticism ; a work which ...
... critics , were at last printed ( 1709 ) in Tonson's [ Sixth ] Miscellany , in a volume which began with the Pastorals of Philips , and ended with those of Pope . The same year [ 1709 ] was written the Essay on Criticism ; a work which ...
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... 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 offended that he sought the acquaintance ...
... 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 offended that he sought the acquaintance ...
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... criticism , and solicits fame at the hazard of disgrace . Dullness or deformity are not culpable in themselves , but may be very justly reproached when they pretend to the honour of wit or the influence of beauty . If bad writers were ...
... criticism , and solicits fame at the hazard of disgrace . Dullness or deformity are not culpable in themselves , but may be very justly reproached when they pretend to the honour of wit or the influence of beauty . If bad writers were ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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