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... Pope . " " • I Pope's laurel , since Johnson's days , has flou- rished , without showing a dead bough , for all the frosts of hostile criticism . H. M. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . PRIOR . MATTHEW PRIOR 6 INTRODUCTION .
... Pope . " " • I Pope's laurel , since Johnson's days , has flou- rished , without showing a dead bough , for all the frosts of hostile criticism . H. M. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS . PRIOR . MATTHEW PRIOR 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... criticism , but passing his time among the great and splendid , in the placid enjoyment of his fame and fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he continued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or ...
... criticism , but passing his time among the great and splendid , in the placid enjoyment of his fame and fortune . Having owed his fortune to Halifax , he continued always of his patron's party , but , as it seems , without violence or ...
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... criticism ; sometimes the thoughts are false and sometimes common . In his verses on Lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and “ Doris , ” that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has ...
... criticism ; sometimes the thoughts are false and sometimes common . In his verses on Lady Gethin , the latter part is in imitation of Dryden's ode on Mrs. Killigrew ; and “ Doris , ” that has been so lavishly flattered by Steele , has ...
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... criticism , more tedious and disgusting than the work which he condemns . To this censure may be opposed the ... critic were afterwards friends ; and in one of his latter works he praises Dennis " as equal to Boileau in poetry , and ...
... criticism , more tedious and disgusting than the work which he condemns . To this censure may be opposed the ... critic were afterwards friends ; and in one of his latter works he praises Dennis " as equal to Boileau in poetry , and ...
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... critics may be supposed to have increased in proportion . He found , however , advantages more than equivalent to all their outrages . He was this year made one of the physicians in ordinary to King William , and advanced by him to the ...
... critics may be supposed to have increased in proportion . He found , however , advantages more than equivalent to all their outrages . He was this year made one of the physicians in ordinary to King William , and advanced by him to the ...
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