Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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Page 16
... most " excufeable of all that I have written ; " and I with lefs apology was needful for thefe . As there is no recalling what " is got abroad , the pieces here re- " published I have revised and corrected , " and rendered them as ...
... most " excufeable of all that I have written ; " and I with lefs apology was needful for thefe . As there is no recalling what " is got abroad , the pieces here re- " published I have revised and corrected , " and rendered them as ...
Page 27
... the following fcenes , not only " by suggesting the most beautiful inci- " dent in them , but by making all pof- " fible provifion for the fuccc of the " whole . " 3 That That his Grace fhould have fuggefted the incident to which YOUNG .
... the following fcenes , not only " by suggesting the most beautiful inci- " dent in them , but by making all pof- " fible provifion for the fuccc of the " whole . " 3 That That his Grace fhould have fuggefted the incident to which YOUNG .
Page 29
... most beau- tiful incident in what is furely not his leaft beautiful compofition . The paffage juft quoted is , in a poem afterwards ad- dreffed to Walpole , literally copied : Be this thy partial smile from cenfure free ; ' Twas meant ...
... most beau- tiful incident in what is furely not his leaft beautiful compofition . The paffage juft quoted is , in a poem afterwards ad- dreffed to Walpole , literally copied : Be this thy partial smile from cenfure free ; ' Twas meant ...
Page 50
... most fpirited kind of Poetry , and that the Pin- daric is the moft fpirited kind of Ode . " This I fpeak , " he adds , " at my own 86 very great peril . But truth has an " eternal title to our confeffion , though " we are fure to fuffer ...
... most fpirited kind of Poetry , and that the Pin- daric is the moft fpirited kind of Ode . " This I fpeak , " he adds , " at my own 86 very great peril . But truth has an " eternal title to our confeffion , though " we are fure to fuffer ...
Page 77
... most faithful and obedient Servant , " E. YOUNG . " Nay , even after Pope's death , he fays , in Night Seven : Pope , who could'ft make immortals , art thou dead ? Either Either Warton , then , dedicated his book to a YOUN G. 77.
... most faithful and obedient Servant , " E. YOUNG . " Nay , even after Pope's death , he fays , in Night Seven : Pope , who could'ft make immortals , art thou dead ? Either Either Warton , then , dedicated his book to a YOUN G. 77.
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