Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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Page 77
... expected only in the ornaments and illustrations . His poetical precepts are accompanied with agreeable and instructive notes . The Masque of Peleus and Thetis has here and there a pretty line ; but it is not always melodious , and the ...
... expected only in the ornaments and illustrations . His poetical precepts are accompanied with agreeable and instructive notes . The Masque of Peleus and Thetis has here and there a pretty line ; but it is not always melodious , and the ...
Page 173
... expected any assistance from them . It must , however , be observed of one gentleman , that he offered to release him by paying the debt ; but that Mr. Savage would not consent , I suppose because he thought he had before been too ...
... expected any assistance from them . It must , however , be observed of one gentleman , that he offered to release him by paying the debt ; but that Mr. Savage would not consent , I suppose because he thought he had before been too ...
Page 269
... care had been taken to make them publick , that they were sent at once to two booksellers ; to Curll , who was likely to seize them as a prey , and to Lintot , who might be expected to give Pope information of the seeming POPE 269.
... care had been taken to make them publick , that they were sent at once to two booksellers ; to Curll , who was likely to seize them as a prey , and to Lintot , who might be expected to give Pope information of the seeming POPE 269.
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