The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... Dunciad : " " This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known , Besides being acted in London sixty - three days without interruption , and renewed the next season with equal applause , it spread into all the great ...
... Dunciad : " " This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known , Besides being acted in London sixty - three days without interruption , and renewed the next season with equal applause , it spread into all the great ...
Page 136
... pieces relating to the " Dunciad , " which were addressed by Mr. Savage to the Earl of Mid . dlesex , in a dedication which he was prevailed 233 . See his Works , vol . ii . p . upon to sign , though he did not write it 136 SAVAGE .
... pieces relating to the " Dunciad , " which were addressed by Mr. Savage to the Earl of Mid . dlesex , in a dedication which he was prevailed 233 . See his Works , vol . ii . p . upon to sign , though he did not write it 136 SAVAGE .
Page 138
... Dunciad , " however strange and improbable , was exactly true . The publication of this piece at this time raised Mr. Savage a great number of enemies among those that were attacked by Mr. Pope , with whom he was considered as a kind of ...
... Dunciad , " however strange and improbable , was exactly true . The publication of this piece at this time raised Mr. Savage a great number of enemies among those that were attacked by Mr. Pope , with whom he was considered as a kind of ...
Page 250
... Dunciad . " It is evident , that , according to Pope's own esti mate , Broome was unkindly treated . If four books could merit three hundred pounds , eight and all the notes , equivalent at least to four , had certainly a right to more ...
... Dunciad . " It is evident , that , according to Pope's own esti mate , Broome was unkindly treated . If four books could merit three hundred pounds , eight and all the notes , equivalent at least to four , had certainly a right to more ...
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... Dunciad . " In the following year ( 1728 ) he began to put Atterbury's advice in practice : and shewed his satirical powers by publishing the " Dunciad , " one of his greatest and most elaborate perform- ances , in which he endeavoured ...
... Dunciad . " In the following year ( 1728 ) he began to put Atterbury's advice in practice : and shewed his satirical powers by publishing the " Dunciad , " one of his greatest and most elaborate perform- ances , in which he endeavoured ...
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