Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... Pope ; who forbore to flatter him in his life , and after his death spoke of him , Swift with slight censure , and Pope in the character Bufo with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , fed with dedications ; for Tickell affirms ...
... Pope ; who forbore to flatter him in his life , and after his death spoke of him , Swift with slight censure , and Pope in the character Bufo with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , fed with dedications ; for Tickell affirms ...
Page 441
... Pope's poetical reputation ; nor is it without strong reason suspected that by some disin- genuous acts he endeavoured to obstruct it ; Pope was not the only man whom he insidiously injured , though the only man of whom he could be ...
... Pope's poetical reputation ; nor is it without strong reason suspected that by some disin- genuous acts he endeavoured to obstruct it ; Pope was not the only man whom he insidiously injured , though the only man of whom he could be ...
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Samuel Johnson. The last line of Cato is Pope's , having been originally written And , oh ! ' twas this that ended Cato's life . Pope might have made more objections to the six concluding lines . In the first couplet the words from hence ...
Samuel Johnson. The last line of Cato is Pope's , having been originally written And , oh ! ' twas this that ended Cato's life . Pope might have made more objections to the six concluding lines . In the first couplet the words from hence ...
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