Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 من الصفحات |
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... tion were ready at his hand to colour and embellish it . His attempt was juftified by its fuc- cefs . The Rape of the Lock ftands for- ward , in the claffes of literature , as the moft exquifite example of ludicrous poetry . Berkley ...
... tion were ready at his hand to colour and embellish it . His attempt was juftified by its fuc- cefs . The Rape of the Lock ftands for- ward , in the claffes of literature , as the moft exquifite example of ludicrous poetry . Berkley ...
الصفحة 47
... tion of artifice , criticism , and literature , to which nothing equal will eafily be found . The fuperiority of Pope is fo ingenioufly diffembled , and the feeble lines of Phillips fo fkilfully preferred , that Steele , being deceived ...
... tion of artifice , criticism , and literature , to which nothing equal will eafily be found . The fuperiority of Pope is fo ingenioufly diffembled , and the feeble lines of Phillips fo fkilfully preferred , that Steele , being deceived ...
الصفحة 48
... tion which , by making his friend Phil- lips ridiculous , made him for ever an enemy to Pope . It appears that about this time Pope had a strong inclination to unite the art of Painting with that of Poetry , and put himself under the ...
... tion which , by making his friend Phil- lips ridiculous , made him for ever an enemy to Pope . It appears that about this time Pope had a strong inclination to unite the art of Painting with that of Poetry , and put himself under the ...
الصفحة 53
... tion of the literary world , naturally raised such expectations of the future fale , that the bookfellers made their offers with great eagerness ; but the highest bidder was Bernard Lintot , who became proprietor on . condition of fup ...
... tion of the literary world , naturally raised such expectations of the future fale , that the bookfellers made their offers with great eagerness ; but the highest bidder was Bernard Lintot , who became proprietor on . condition of fup ...
الصفحة 55
... tion of 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 ...
... tion of 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 ...
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