Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 261
... Pope's books , with those of Fenton , are to be seen in the Museum . The parts of Pope are less interlined than the Iliad , and the latter books of the Iliad less than the former . He grew dexterous by practice , and every sheet enabled ...
... Pope's books , with those of Fenton , are to be seen in the Museum . The parts of Pope are less interlined than the Iliad , and the latter books of the Iliad less than the former . He grew dexterous by practice , and every sheet enabled ...
Page 269
... Pope's life , which seems to deserve some enquiry , was a publication of Letters be- tween him and many of his friends , which falling into the hands of Curll , a rapacious bookseller of no ... Pope information of the seeming POPE 269.
... Pope's life , which seems to deserve some enquiry , was a publication of Letters be- tween him and many of his friends , which falling into the hands of Curll , a rapacious bookseller of no ... Pope information of the seeming POPE 269.
Page 287
... Pope , who was behind the scenes , meeting him as he left the stage , attacked him , as he says , with all the virulence of a Wit out of his senses ; to which he ... Pope's irascibility prevailed , and he resolved to tell POPE 287.
... Pope , who was behind the scenes , meeting him as he left the stage , attacked him , as he says , with all the virulence of a Wit out of his senses ; to which he ... Pope's irascibility prevailed , and he resolved to tell POPE 287.
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young