Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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... the playhouse , and was fo delighted with theatrical exhibitions , that he formed a kind of play from Ogylby's Iliad , with fome verfes of his own intermixed , which 6 which he perfuaded his fchool - fellows to act , 4 POPE .
... the playhouse , and was fo delighted with theatrical exhibitions , that he formed a kind of play from Ogylby's Iliad , with fome verfes of his own intermixed , which 6 which he perfuaded his fchool - fellows to act , 4 POPE .
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... kind , and fuch knowledge both of an- cient and modern learning , as are not often attained by the matureft age and longeft experience . It was published about two years afterwards , and being praised by Addifon in the Spectator with ...
... kind , and fuch knowledge both of an- cient and modern learning , as are not often attained by the matureft age and longeft experience . It was published about two years afterwards , and being praised by Addifon in the Spectator with ...
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... a compofition 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.
... a compofition 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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... kind . The mixture of religious hope and re- fignation gives an elevation and dignity to disappointed love , which images merely natural cannot beftow . The gloom of a convent ftrikes the imagi- nation with far greater force than the ...
... kind . The mixture of religious hope and re- fignation gives an elevation and dignity to disappointed love , which images merely natural cannot beftow . The gloom of a convent ftrikes the imagi- nation with far greater force than the ...
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... kind , I beg your par 6 " don , Mr. Pope ; but there is fome- 66 thing in that paffage that does not " quite please me . - Be fo good as to " mark the place , and confider it a little " at your leifure . - I'm fure you can " give it a ...
... kind , I beg your par 6 " don , Mr. Pope ; but there is fome- 66 thing in that paffage that does not " quite please me . - Be fo good as to " mark the place , and confider it a little " at your leifure . - I'm fure you can " give it a ...
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