Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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... Efquire , of York , who had like- wife three fons , one of whom had the honour of being killed , and the other of dying , in the fervice of Charles the First ; A the the third was made a general officer in Spain , [ 1 ] POP E. ...
... Efquire , of York , who had like- wife three fons , one of whom had the honour of being killed , and the other of dying , in the fervice of Charles the First ; A the the third was made a general officer in Spain , [ 1 ] POP E. ...
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... first learned to write by imitating printed books ; a fpecies of penmanship in which he retained great excellence through his whole life , though his or- dinary hand was not elegant . When he was about eight , he was placed in Hampshire ...
... first learned to write by imitating printed books ; a fpecies of penmanship in which he retained great excellence through his whole life , though his or- dinary hand was not elegant . When he was about eight , he was placed in Hampshire ...
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... first book of the Thebais , which , with fome revifion , he after- wards published . He must have been at this time , if he had no help , a confide- rable proficient in the Latin tongue . By Dryden's Fables , which had then . been not ...
... first book of the Thebais , which , with fome revifion , he after- wards published . He must have been at this time , if he had no help , a confide- rable proficient in the Latin tongue . By Dryden's Fables , which had then . been not ...
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... who inferted them in a volume of his Mifcellanies . Walfh , a name yet preferved among the minor poets , was one of his first encouragers . His regard was gained by by the Paftorals , and from him Pope received the 18 POPE .
... who inferted them in a volume of his Mifcellanies . Walfh , a name yet preferved among the minor poets , was one of his first encouragers . His regard was gained by by the Paftorals , and from him Pope received the 18 POPE .
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... first part of this time he defired only to know , and in the fecond he en- deavoured to judge . The Paftorals , which had been for fome time handed about among poets and criticks , were at laft printed ( 1709 ) in Tonfon's Mifcellany ...
... first part of this time he defired only to know , and in the fecond he en- deavoured to judge . The Paftorals , which had been for fome time handed about among poets and criticks , were at laft printed ( 1709 ) in Tonfon's Mifcellany ...
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