Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 7
... must be naturally defired ; but curiofity must be contented with con- fufed , imperfect , and fometimes impro- bable intelligence . Pope , finding little advantage from external help , refolved thenceforward to direct himself , and at A ...
... must be naturally defired ; but curiofity must be contented with con- fufed , imperfect , and fometimes impro- bable intelligence . Pope , finding little advantage from external help , refolved thenceforward to direct himself , and at A ...
الصفحة 10
... must have been at this time , if he had no help , a confide- rable proficient in the Latin tongue . By Dryden's Fables , which had then . been not long publifhed , and were . much in the hands of poetical readers , he was tempted to try ...
... must have been at this time , if he had no help , a confide- rable proficient in the Latin tongue . By Dryden's Fables , which had then . been not long publifhed , and were . much in the hands of poetical readers , he was tempted to try ...
الصفحة 21
... must compare one opinion or one ftyle with another , and when he com- pares muft neceffarily diftinguish , reject , and prefer . But the account given by himself of his ftudies was , that from fourteen to twenty he read only for ...
... must compare one opinion or one ftyle with another , and when he com- pares muft neceffarily diftinguish , reject , and prefer . But the account given by himself of his ftudies was , that from fourteen to twenty he read only for ...
الصفحة 45
... opinion could poison a politician , he would not live a day ; and , as a poet , he must have felt Pope's force of genius much more from many other parts of his works . The The pain that Addifon might feel it is not likely POPE . 45.
... opinion could poison a politician , he would not live a day ; and , as a poet , he must have felt Pope's force of genius much more from many other parts of his works . The The pain that Addifon might feel it is not likely POPE . 45.
الصفحة 49
... must have begun to paint earlier ; for Betterton was now dead . Pope's ambition of this new art produced fome encomiaftick verfes to Jer- vas , which certainly fhew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they bc- tray his ...
... must have begun to paint earlier ; for Betterton was now dead . Pope's ambition of this new art produced fome encomiaftick verfes to Jer- vas , which certainly fhew his power as a poet , but I have been told that they bc- tray his ...
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