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Page 90
... Imit . Hor . , Epis . i . 1. 25 . " I met with Locke , " Pope said " he was quite insipid to me . read Temple's Essays too then ; but whenever there was anything political in them , I had no manner of feeling for it . " " Spence's Anec ...
... Imit . Hor . , Epis . i . 1. 25 . " I met with Locke , " Pope said " he was quite insipid to me . read Temple's Essays too then ; but whenever there was anything political in them , I had no manner of feeling for it . " " Spence's Anec ...
Page 113
... Imit . Hor . , Epis . ii . 2. 52 . Dr. Blair wrote to Boswell : - ' Lord Bathurst said to me that part of the Iliad was translated by Mr. Pope in his house in the country ; and that when they assembled at breakfast , Mr. Pope used ...
... Imit . Hor . , Epis . ii . 2. 52 . Dr. Blair wrote to Boswell : - ' Lord Bathurst said to me that part of the Iliad was translated by Mr. Pope in his house in the country ; and that when they assembled at breakfast , Mr. Pope used ...
Page 117
... Imit . Hor . , Epis . ii . 2. 76 . ' Cowper's translation [ of Homer ] was performed by piece - work ; he set himself forty lines for his daily task . ' Southey's Cowper , ii . 189 . 4 Gibbon wrote in 1786 : - ' I had some hopes of ...
... Imit . Hor . , Epis . ii . 2. 76 . ' Cowper's translation [ of Homer ] was performed by piece - work ; he set himself forty lines for his daily task . ' Southey's Cowper , ii . 189 . 4 Gibbon wrote in 1786 : - ' I had some hopes of ...
Page 118
... Imit . Hor . , Epis . ii . 2. 68 . 4 Ante , POPE , 71 n . 2,75 . Pope says of himself in The Dunciad : - All he owed , in the whole course of his life , to any Court was a subscription for his Homer of £ 200 from King George I , and 100 ...
... Imit . Hor . , Epis . ii . 2. 68 . 4 Ante , POPE , 71 n . 2,75 . Pope says of himself in The Dunciad : - All he owed , in the whole course of his life , to any Court was a subscription for his Homer of £ 200 from King George I , and 100 ...
Page 133
... Imit . Hor . , Epis . ii . 1. 216 . Spence's Anec . p . 148. Warton , who in vol . i . p . 159 of his Essay on Pope , published in 1756 , accepted as certain ' Pope's charges , in vol . ii . p . 306. published in 1782 , quotes Judge ...
... Imit . Hor . , Epis . ii . 1. 216 . Spence's Anec . p . 148. Warton , who in vol . i . p . 159 of his Essay on Pope , published in 1756 , accepted as certain ' Pope's charges , in vol . ii . p . 306. published in 1782 , quotes Judge ...
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