Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 من الصفحات |
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... called bulls . The first edition had this line : What is this wit- Where wanted , fcorn'd , and envied where acquir'd ? " How , " fays the critick , " can wit be fcorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a " figure frequently employed in ...
... called bulls . The first edition had this line : What is this wit- Where wanted , fcorn'd , and envied where acquir'd ? " How , " fays the critick , " can wit be fcorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a " figure frequently employed in ...
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... called in queftion his knowledge of Greek , and his qualifications for a tran- flator of Homer . To these he made no publick oppofition ; but in one of his Letters efcapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was ...
... called in queftion his knowledge of Greek , and his qualifications for a tran- flator of Homer . To these he made no publick oppofition ; but in one of his Letters efcapes from them as well as he can . At an age like his , for he was ...
الصفحة 108
... fhould rather tell him , himself , fairly of his faults ,, and allow his good qualities ; and that it fhould be fomething in the 66 following manner : I then adjoined " the the firft fketch of what has fince been called my 108 . POPE .
... fhould rather tell him , himself , fairly of his faults ,, and allow his good qualities ; and that it fhould be fomething in the 66 following manner : I then adjoined " the the firft fketch of what has fince been called my 108 . POPE .
الصفحة 109
Samuel Johnson. the firft fketch of what has fince been called my fatire on Addifon . Mr. " Addifon ufed me very civilly ever " after . " The verfes on Addifon , when they were fent to Atterbury , were confidered by him as the moft ...
Samuel Johnson. the firft fketch of what has fince been called my fatire on Addifon . Mr. " Addifon ufed me very civilly ever " after . " The verfes on Addifon , when they were fent to Atterbury , were confidered by him as the moft ...
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... called Ho- merides before it was published ; Ducket likewife ridiculous . endeavoured to make himi Dennis was the perpetual perfecutor of all his ftudies . But , who- ever his criticks were , their writings are loft , H ever POPE . 113 ...
... called Ho- merides before it was published ; Ducket likewife ridiculous . endeavoured to make himi Dennis was the perpetual perfecutor of all his ftudies . But , who- ever his criticks were , their writings are loft , H ever POPE . 113 ...
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Addifon afked afterwards againſt almoft Atrides becauſe Binfield Bleft Bolingbroke bookfellers cenfured character Cibber compofition confeffed confidered criticiſm criticks Curll defign defire Dennis difcovered diſcovered Dryden Dunciad eafily Efay Effay elegance Engliſh Epiftle epitaph fafe faid fame fatire fays feems felected fenfe fent fhall fhew fhewn fhould firft firſt folicitation fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftill ftudies fubfcription fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fufpected fupplied fuppofed furely himſelf Homer honour houſe Iliad illuftration intereft kindneſs laft laſt learning leaſt lefs Letters lines loft Lord Lord Halifax ment mind moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never numbers o'er obferved paffages paffion perfons perfuaded perhaps pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry Pope Pope's praife praiſe prefent printed profe publick publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſe readers reafon Swift thefe theſe thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation ufed unkle uſed verfes verfion verſes Warburton whofe whoſe write written