Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 من الصفحات |
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... told by Pope ; who is more willing , as I have heard ob- ferved , to fhew what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Exchange has never been difcovered . Both ...
... told by Pope ; who is more willing , as I have heard ob- ferved , to fhew what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Exchange has never been difcovered . Both ...
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... told him , the English pocts had hitherto neglected , and which therefore was left to him as a basis of fame ; and , being delighted with rural poems , re- commended to him to write a pastoral comedy , like those which are read fo ...
... told him , the English pocts had hitherto neglected , and which therefore was left to him as a basis of fame ; and , being delighted with rural poems , re- commended to him to write a pastoral comedy , like those which are read fo ...
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... - ment ; and having luckily contrived to borrow his machinery from the Roficru- cians , imparted the fcheme with which his head was teeming to Addifon , who told him C 4 him that his work , as it flood , was POPE . 39.
... - ment ; and having luckily contrived to borrow his machinery from the Roficru- cians , imparted the fcheme with which his head was teeming to Addifon , who told him C 4 him that his work , as it flood , was POPE . 39.
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... of that tender kind arofe , as Mr. Savage told me , from his perufal of Prior's Nut- brown Maid , How much he has fur- paffed Prior's work it is not neceffary to to mention , when perhaps it may be faid with POPE . 43.
... of that tender kind arofe , as Mr. Savage told me , from his perufal of Prior's Nut- brown Maid , How much he has fur- paffed Prior's work it is not neceffary to to mention , when perhaps it may be faid with POPE . 43.
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... told . The lines relating to the Peace confefs their own date . It is dedicated to Lord Lanfdown , who was then high in repu- tation and influence among the Tories ; and it is faid that the conclufion of the poem gave great pain to ...
... told . The lines relating to the Peace confefs their own date . It is dedicated to Lord Lanfdown , who was then high in repu- tation and influence among the Tories ; and it is faid that the conclufion of the poem gave great pain to ...
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