Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1J. Murray, 1854 - 395 pàgines |
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Pàgina xiii
... Pope's Epistles , which Pope himself had made ; informs us in the Life of Pope ' that the Pastorals of Philips and Pope appeared for the first time in the same Miscellany , but forgets his information when he comes to the life of ...
... Pope's Epistles , which Pope himself had made ; informs us in the Life of Pope ' that the Pastorals of Philips and Pope appeared for the first time in the same Miscellany , but forgets his information when he comes to the life of ...
Pàgina xv
... Pope , he has given on their authority . " Miller , the great gardener , " " the late learned Mr. Dyer , " Dr. Gregory , Mr. Thyer , Mr. Hampton ( the translator of Polybius ) , and Mrs. Porter the actress , are ' Rambler , ' No. 60 ...
... Pope , he has given on their authority . " Miller , the great gardener , " " the late learned Mr. Dyer , " Dr. Gregory , Mr. Thyer , Mr. Hampton ( the translator of Polybius ) , and Mrs. Porter the actress , are ' Rambler , ' No. 60 ...
Pàgina xvi
... Pope have outlived their antagonists , but both Brown and Dennis exercised an important influence on the reputations of the writers they at- tacked . Let us not be too severe : - " Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim ...
... Pope have outlived their antagonists , but both Brown and Dennis exercised an important influence on the reputations of the writers they at- tacked . Let us not be too severe : - " Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim ...
Pàgina xvii
... Pope's reputation ( high as it was ) injured , even for a season , by the sullen asperities of Dennis . Though his great undertaking was unforeseen , and not of his seeking , Johnson was not unprepared for it . He had been an author of ...
... Pope's reputation ( high as it was ) injured , even for a season , by the sullen asperities of Dennis . Though his great undertaking was unforeseen , and not of his seeking , Johnson was not unprepared for it . He had been an author of ...
Pàgina xx
... Pope , ' for the facts it contains - facts first found in Johnson - is certainly the most important of the Lives . It is indeed a noble specimen of biography - and I will add ( in spite of some few words ) , of English . That I have ...
... Pope , ' for the facts it contains - facts first found in Johnson - is certainly the most important of the Lives . It is indeed a noble specimen of biography - and I will add ( in spite of some few words ) , of English . That I have ...
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