Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope |
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Page 80
... thousand . It is unpleasant to relate that the book- seller , after all his hopes and all his liberality , was , by a very unjust and illegal action , defrauded of his profit . An edition of the English " Iliad " was printed in Holland ...
... thousand . It is unpleasant to relate that the book- seller , after all his hopes and all his liberality , was , by a very unjust and illegal action , defrauded of his profit . An edition of the English " Iliad " was printed in Holland ...
Page 81
... thousand five hundred were first printed , and five thou- sand a few weeks afterwards ; but indeed great numbers were necessary to produce considerable profit . Pope , having now emitted his proposals , and engaged not only his own ...
... thousand five hundred were first printed , and five thou- sand a few weeks afterwards ; but indeed great numbers were necessary to produce considerable profit . Pope , having now emitted his proposals , and engaged not only his own ...
Page 84
... thousand causes that can , and ten thousand that cannot , be recounted . Perhaps no ex- tensive and multifarious performance was ever effected within the term originally fixed in the undertaker's mind . He that runs against time has an ...
... thousand causes that can , and ten thousand that cannot , be recounted . Perhaps no ex- tensive and multifarious performance was ever effected within the term originally fixed in the undertaker's mind . He that runs against time has an ...
Page 85
... thousand three hundred and twenty pounds four shillings , without de- duction , as the books were supplied by Lintot . " " By the success of his subscription Pope was relieved from those pecuniary distresses with which , notwith ...
... thousand three hundred and twenty pounds four shillings , without de- duction , as the books were supplied by Lintot . " " By the success of his subscription Pope was relieved from those pecuniary distresses with which , notwith ...
Page 89
... thousand mouths , a thousand tongues , were vain . Book V. v . 1 . But Pallas now Tydides ' soul inspires , Fills with her force , and warms with all her fires : Above the Greeks his deathless fame to raise , And crown her hero with ...
... thousand mouths , a thousand tongues , were vain . Book V. v . 1 . But Pallas now Tydides ' soul inspires , Fills with her force , and warms with all her fires : Above the Greeks his deathless fame to raise , And crown her hero with ...
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Addison afterwards appear Atrides Battle of Ramillies beauties Binfield Blackmore Boileau Bolingbroke censure character Cibber composition Congreve considered contempt copies couplet criticism Curll declared delight Dennis desire diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Earl of Oxford edition elegance endeavoured English poets Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism excellence fame faults favour friends friendship genius Halifax heroes Homer honour Iliad images imitation judgment kind King known labour language learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mankind mind nature never numbers o'er opinion original performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise present printed Prior prose published readers reason remarks reputation RICHARD HAKLUYT ridicule SAMUEL JOHNSON satire says seems sometimes supposed Swift tell thought tion told translation verses versification virtue volume Warburton Westminster Abbey write written wrote