The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... . Addison began to praise him early , and was followed or accompanied by other poets ; perhaps by almost all , except Swift and Pope , who forbore to flatter him in his life , 11 and after his death spoke of him , Swift with 46 HALIFAX .
... . Addison began to praise him early , and was followed or accompanied by other poets ; perhaps by almost all , except Swift and Pope , who forbore to flatter him in his life , 11 and after his death spoke of him , Swift with 46 HALIFAX .
Pàgina 47
... Pope in the character of Bufo with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , " fed with dedications ; " for Tickell affirms that no dedication was unre- warded . To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of flattery , and to ...
... Pope in the character of Bufo with acrimonious contempt . He was , as Pope says , " fed with dedications ; " for Tickell affirms that no dedication was unre- warded . To charge all unmerited praise with the guilt of flattery , and to ...
Pàgina 50
... Pope's dedication , admitted him as a favourite companion to his con- vivial hours , but , as it seems often to have hap- pened in those times to the favourites of the great , without attention to his fortune , which , however , was in ...
... Pope's dedication , admitted him as a favourite companion to his con- vivial hours , but , as it seems often to have hap- pened in those times to the favourites of the great , without attention to his fortune , which , however , was in ...
Pàgina 51
... Pope represents him as falling from that time into intemperance of wine . That in his latter life he was too much a lover of the bottle , is not denied ; but I have heard it imputed to a cause more likely to obtain forgiveness from man ...
... Pope represents him as falling from that time into intemperance of wine . That in his latter life he was too much a lover of the bottle , is not denied ; but I have heard it imputed to a cause more likely to obtain forgiveness from man ...
Pàgina 53
... Pope . Of the large appendages which I find int the last edition , I can only say , that I know not whence they came , nor have ever inquired whither they are going . They stand upon the faith of the compilers . GARTH . SAMUEL GARTH was ...
... Pope . Of the large appendages which I find int the last edition , I can only say , that I know not whence they came , nor have ever inquired whither they are going . They stand upon the faith of the compilers . GARTH . SAMUEL GARTH was ...
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