Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... remark how soon Popel earned the cant of an author , and began to treat criticks with contempt , though he had yet ... remarks as were now and then un- welcome . Pope , in his turn , put the juvenile version of Statius into his hands ...
... remark how soon Popel earned the cant of an author , and began to treat criticks with contempt , though he had yet ... remarks as were now and then un- welcome . Pope , in his turn , put the juvenile version of Statius into his hands ...
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With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh Samuel Johnson. and remarks ; but his desire to do mischief is greater than his power ... remark Pope made the proper use , by correcting the passage . I have preserved , I think , all that is reasonable in ...
With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh Samuel Johnson. and remarks ; but his desire to do mischief is greater than his power ... remark Pope made the proper use , by correcting the passage . I have preserved , I think , all that is reasonable in ...
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... remarks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of the publick was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published The Temple of Fame , which , as he tells ...
... remarks upon it , with very little force , and with no effect ; for the opinion of the publick was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published The Temple of Fame , which , as he tells ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young