The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted from D. JohnsonGalignani, 1805 - 312 pages |
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Page 73
... Dunciad , as Pope himself declares , is an imitation - Prior relates , that Lord Dorset gave him an allowance equal to the salary . Being now no longer the court poet , he was compelled to look back for support to his former trade ...
... Dunciad , as Pope himself declares , is an imitation - Prior relates , that Lord Dorset gave him an allowance equal to the salary . Being now no longer the court poet , he was compelled to look back for support to his former trade ...
Page 153
... Dunciad . " In this disastrous and infatuated year 1720 , when more riches than Peru can boast were ex- pected from the South Sea , Pope was seized with the universal passion of avarice . He ventured his money , and lost , with ...
... Dunciad . " In this disastrous and infatuated year 1720 , when more riches than Peru can boast were ex- pected from the South Sea , Pope was seized with the universal passion of avarice . He ventured his money , and lost , with ...
Page 155
... Dunciad " made its appearance , one of his greatest and most elaborate performances . At the head of the Dunces he placed poor Theo- bald , whom he accused of ingratitude , but whose real crime was supposed to be that of having re ...
... Dunciad " made its appearance , one of his greatest and most elaborate performances . At the head of the Dunces he placed poor Theo- bald , whom he accused of ingratitude , but whose real crime was supposed to be that of having re ...
Page 157
... Dunciad ; " and some time after he published a new edition of it in which he degraded Theo- bald from his painful preeminence , and enthroned Cibber , with whom he had long been at war , in his stead . Being now afflicted with an asthma ...
... Dunciad ; " and some time after he published a new edition of it in which he degraded Theo- bald from his painful preeminence , and enthroned Cibber , with whom he had long been at war , in his stead . Being now afflicted with an asthma ...
Page 165
... Dunciad " the hint is confessedly taken from Dryden's " Mac Flecno ; but the plan is so enlarged and diversified as justly to claim the praise of an original , and affords perhaps , the best specimen that has yet appeared of personal ...
... Dunciad " the hint is confessedly taken from Dryden's " Mac Flecno ; but the plan is so enlarged and diversified as justly to claim the praise of an original , and affords perhaps , the best specimen that has yet appeared of personal ...
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