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... Iliad to subscribers , in six volumes in quarto , for six guineas ; a sum , according to the value of money at that time , by no means inconsiderable , and greater than I believe to have been ever asked before . His proposal , however ...
... Iliad to subscribers , in six volumes in quarto , for six guineas ; a sum , according to the value of money at that time , by no means inconsiderable , and greater than I believe to have been ever asked before . His proposal , however ...
Page 339
... Iliad was published volume by volume , as the trans- lation proceeded ; the four first books appeared in [ June ] 1715 . The expectation of this work was undoubtedly high , and every man who had connected his name with criticism or ...
... Iliad was published volume by volume , as the trans- lation proceeded ; the four first books appeared in [ June ] 1715 . The expectation of this work was undoubtedly high , and every man who had connected his name with criticism or ...
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... Iliad ; and the latter books of the Iliad less than the former . He grew dexterous by practice , and every sheet enabled him to write the next with more facility . The books of Fenton have very few alterations by the hand of Pope ...
... Iliad ; and the latter books of the Iliad less than the former . He grew dexterous by practice , and every sheet enabled him to write the next with more facility . The books of Fenton have very few alterations by the hand of Pope ...
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears blank verse censure character considered conversation Cowley criticism death declared delight desire diction diligence Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence expected faults favour friends genius Georgics happy honour Iliad images imagination imitation John Dryden John Wain Johnson kind King knew known labour language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mentioned metaphysical poets Milton mind nature neglected never NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise produced published Queen reader reason received remarks reputation resentment rhyme Samuel Johnson satire Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue write written wrote