Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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Page 97
... attention but that of pride , and drop from any memory but that of refent- ment . That the quarrel of those two wits fhould be minutely deduced , is not to be expected from a writer to whom , as Homer fays , nothing but rumour has ...
... attention but that of pride , and drop from any memory but that of refent- ment . That the quarrel of those two wits fhould be minutely deduced , is not to be expected from a writer to whom , as Homer fays , nothing but rumour has ...
Page 99
... attention to offences , heighten his difguft , and sti- mulate his refentment . Of fuch adhe- rents Addison doubtlefs had many , and Pope was now too high to be without them . G 2 From From the emiffion and reception of the Propofals ...
... attention to offences , heighten his difguft , and sti- mulate his refentment . Of fuch adhe- rents Addison doubtlefs had many , and Pope was now too high to be without them . G 2 From From the emiffion and reception of the Propofals ...
Page 117
... accurate . In his Preface he expanded , with great fkill and elegance , the character which had been given of Shakespeare by Dryden ; and . he drew H 3 the the publick attention upon his works , which , though POPE . 117.
... accurate . In his Preface he expanded , with great fkill and elegance , the character which had been given of Shakespeare by Dryden ; and . he drew H 3 the the publick attention upon his works , which , though POPE . 117.
Page 118
Samuel Johnson. the publick attention upon his works , which , though often mentioned , had : been little read . Soon after the appearance of the Iliad , refolving not to let the general kindness cool , he published propofals for a ...
Samuel Johnson. the publick attention upon his works , which , though often mentioned , had : been little read . Soon after the appearance of the Iliad , refolving not to let the general kindness cool , he published propofals for a ...
Page 161
... immediate- ly examined ; philofophy and poetry have not often the fame readers ; and the Effay abounded in fplendid ampli- fications and sparkling fentences , which L were were read and admired , with no great attention to POP E. 161.
... immediate- ly examined ; philofophy and poetry have not often the fame readers ; and the Effay abounded in fplendid ampli- fications and sparkling fentences , which L were were read and admired , with no great attention to POP E. 161.
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