Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 من الصفحات |
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... those mafters he tranflated more than a fourth part of the Metamorphofes . If he kept the fame proportion in his other exercises , it cannot be thought that his lofs was great . He tells of himself , in his poems , that he lifp'd in ...
... those mafters he tranflated more than a fourth part of the Metamorphofes . If he kept the fame proportion in his other exercises , it cannot be thought that his lofs was great . He tells of himself , in his poems , that he lifp'd in ...
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... those whose rank or ftation made them moft con- fpicuous . From the age of fixteen the life of Pope , as an author , may be properly computed . He now wrote his Paftorals , which were fhewn to the Poets and Cri- ticks of that time ; as ...
... those whose rank or ftation made them moft con- fpicuous . From the age of fixteen the life of Pope , as an author , may be properly computed . He now wrote his Paftorals , which were fhewn to the Poets and Cri- ticks of that time ; as ...
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... those which are read fo eagerly in Italy ; a defign which Pope probably did not approve , as he did not follow it . Pope had now declared himself a poet ; and , thinking himself entitled to poeti- cal converfation , began at feventeen ...
... those which are read fo eagerly in Italy ; a defign which Pope probably did not approve , as he did not follow it . Pope had now declared himself a poet ; and , thinking himself entitled to poeti- cal converfation , began at feventeen ...
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Samuel Johnson. In another place Pope himself allowed that Dennis had detected one of those blunders which are called bulls . The first edition had this line : What is this wit- Where wanted , fcorn'd , and envied where acquir'd ? " How ...
Samuel Johnson. In another place Pope himself allowed that Dennis had detected one of those blunders which are called bulls . The first edition had this line : What is this wit- Where wanted , fcorn'd , and envied where acquir'd ? " How ...
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... those who were impatient to read what they could not yet afford to buy . This fraud could only be coun- teracted by an edition equally cheap and more commodious ; and Lintot was compelled to contract his Folio at once into a Duodecimo ...
... those who were impatient to read what they could not yet afford to buy . This fraud could only be coun- teracted by an edition equally cheap and more commodious ; and Lintot was compelled to contract his Folio at once into a Duodecimo ...
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