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" His declaration that his care for his works ceased at their publication, was not strictly true. His parental attention never abandoned them ; what he found amiss in the first edition, he silently corrected in those that followed. He appears to have revised... "
The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ... - Page 557
by Great Britain - 1804
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Literary Criticism for Students

Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - Criticism - 1893 - 288 pages
...almost every line written twice over a second time." His declaration that his care for his works ceased at their publication, was not strictly true. His parental...he altered without adding clearness, elegance, or vigor. Pope had perhaps the judgment of Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope....
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Literary Criticism for Students

Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - Criticism - 1893 - 284 pages
...almost every line written twice over a second time." His declaration that his care for his works ceased at their publication, was not strictly true. His parental...he altered without adding clearness, elegance, or vigor. Pope had perhaps the judgment of Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope....
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Life of Pope

Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 236 pages
...every' line written twice over a second time." His declaration, that his care for his works. ceased at their publication, was not strictly true. His parental...the first edition, he silently corrected in those 10 that followed. He appears to have revised the Iliad, and freed it from some of its imperfections;...
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Johnson's Life of Pope [ed.] by P. Peterson

Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 228 pages
...almost every line written twice over a second time." His declaration, that his care for his works ceased at their publication, was not strictly true. His parental...the first edition, he silently corrected in those 10 that followed. He appears to have revised the Iliad, and freed it from some of its imperfections...
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 6

David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 454 pages
...almost every line written twice over a second time." His declaration that his care for his works ceased at their publication was not strictly true. His parental...he altered without adding clearness, elegance, or vigor. Pope had perhaps the judgment of Dryden, but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope....
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Essays from the Rambler and the Idler, with Passages from the Lives of the ...

Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 206 pages
...almost every line written twice over a second time." His declaration, that his care for his works ceased at their publication, was not strictly true. His parental...it from some of its imperfections ; and the "Essay oil Criticism" received many improvements after its first appearance. It will seldom be found that...
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Lives of the English Poets: Swift-Lyttelton

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 582 pages
...abandoned them ; what he found amiss in the first edition, he silently corrected in those that followed6. He appears to have revised the Iliad, and freed it...its first appearance. It will seldom be found that 1 Ante, DRYDEN, 227, 340-1. in verse.' COWPER, Southey's Cew* For Pope's 'correctness' see ante, per,...
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Representative Biographies of English Men of Letters

Charles Townsend Copeland - Authors, English - 1909 - 666 pages
...almost every line written twice over a second time.' His declaration, that his care for his works ceased at their publication, was not strictly true. His parental...clearness, elegance, or vigour. Pope had perhaps the judgement of Dryden ; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope. In acquired knowledge, the...
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Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century

Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 754 pages
...almost every line written twice over a second tune." His declaration that his care for his works ceased at their publication was not strictly true. His parental...he altered without adding clearness, elegance, or vigor. Pope had perhaps the judgment of Dryden; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope....
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Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century

Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...almost every line written twice over a second time." His declaration that his care for his works ceased at their publication was not strictly true. His parental...he altered without adding clearness, elegance, or vigor. Pope had perhaps the judgment of Dryden; but Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope....
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