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Page 91
... Pope , in whom he discovered very early the power of poetry . Their letters are written upon the pastoral comedy of the Italians , and those pastorals which Pope was then preparing to publish . The kindnesses which are first experienced ...
... Pope , in whom he discovered very early the power of poetry . Their letters are written upon the pastoral comedy of the Italians , and those pastorals which Pope was then preparing to publish . The kindnesses which are first experienced ...
Page 114
... Pope's " Odyssey , " produced what he thinks an unconquerable quotation from Dryden's preface to the " Eneid , " in favour of translating an epic poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted the " Iliad , " some ...
... Pope's " Odyssey , " produced what he thinks an unconquerable quotation from Dryden's preface to the " Eneid , " in favour of translating an epic poem into blank verse ; but he forgets that when his author attempted the " Iliad , " some ...
Page 122
... Pope , whose judgment was perhaps a little a country . bribed by the subject , used to mention this Dryden confesses that he did not know the poem as the most correct specimen of Dryden's Souls that can scarce ferment their mass of clay ...
... Pope , whose judgment was perhaps a little a country . bribed by the subject , used to mention this Dryden confesses that he did not know the poem as the most correct specimen of Dryden's Souls that can scarce ferment their mass of clay ...
Page 126
... Pope's numbers , and the diction of poetry has become more splendid , new attempts have been made to translate Vir- gil ; and all his works have been attempted by men better qualified to contend with Dryden . I will not engage myself in ...
... Pope's numbers , and the diction of poetry has become more splendid , new attempts have been made to translate Vir- gil ; and all his works have been attempted by men better qualified to contend with Dryden . I will not engage myself in ...
Page 147
... Pope , in the character of Bufo , with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , " fed with dedica- tions ; " for Tickell affirms that no dedication was unrewarded . To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of flattery , and ...
... Pope , in the character of Bufo , with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , " fed with dedica- tions ; " for Tickell affirms that no dedication was unrewarded . To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of flattery , and ...
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