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... thought him a priest in his heart . " That Pope should have thought this conjecture of Tonson worth remembrance , is a proof , but indeed , so far as I have found , the only proof , that he retained some malignity from their ancient ...
... thought him a priest in his heart . " That Pope should have thought this conjecture of Tonson worth remembrance , is a proof , but indeed , so far as I have found , the only proof , that he retained some malignity from their ancient ...
Page 294
... thought it his interest to extinguish the memory of the first tragedy , which he could only do by writing one less defective upon the same story ; by which he should entirely defeat the artifice of the booksellers , who , after the ...
... thought it his interest to extinguish the memory of the first tragedy , which he could only do by writing one less defective upon the same story ; by which he should entirely defeat the artifice of the booksellers , who , after the ...
Page 348
... thought , he thought rightly ; and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candour . In him Pope had the first experience of a critic without malevolence , who thought it as much his duty to display beauties as expose faults ...
... thought , he thought rightly ; and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candour . In him Pope had the first experience of a critic without malevolence , who thought it as much his duty to display beauties as expose faults ...
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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