“The” Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1858 - 429 pages |
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Page 106
... Dunciad , " which were addressed by Mr. Savage to the Earl of Middlesex , in a dedication which he was prevailed upon to sign , though he did not write it , and in which there are some positions , that the true author would perhaps not ...
... Dunciad , " which were addressed by Mr. Savage to the Earl of Middlesex , in a dedication which he was prevailed upon to sign , though he did not write it , and in which there are some positions , that the true author would perhaps not ...
Page 107
... 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 194
... Dunciad . " It is evident , that , according to Pope's own estimate , 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 estimate , 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 publish- ing the " Dunciad , " one of his greatest and most elaborate performances , 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 publish- ing the " Dunciad , " one of his greatest and most elaborate performances , in which he endeavoured ...
Page 233
... Dunciad " is very minutely related by Pope himself , in a dedication which he wrote to Lord Middle- sex , in the name of Savage . " I will relate the war of the ' Dunces ' ( for so it has been commonly called ) which began in the year ...
... Dunciad " is very minutely related by Pope himself , in a dedication which he wrote to Lord Middle- sex , in the name of Savage . " I will relate the war of the ' Dunces ' ( for so it has been commonly called ) which began in the year ...
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