An Historical Rhapsody on Mr. PopeT. Cadell, 1782 - 95 pages |
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Page 28
... Dunciad . In the latter part of his life , he feems to have confined himself to the men of oppofition ( for parties ran fo high , that there was no neutrality in the nation ) , who met occafionally at his houfe , to concert their ...
... Dunciad . In the latter part of his life , he feems to have confined himself to the men of oppofition ( for parties ran fo high , that there was no neutrality in the nation ) , who met occafionally at his houfe , to concert their ...
Page 37
... Dunciad . He was not in the contempt of Pope , till this unlucky prudery of his unwearied pen . pen . For he desires , in a postscript of a letter to Mr. Hughes , in 1714 , his humble fervice to Sir Richard Blackmore . Some ftanzas in ...
... Dunciad . He was not in the contempt of Pope , till this unlucky prudery of his unwearied pen . pen . For he desires , in a postscript of a letter to Mr. Hughes , in 1714 , his humble fervice to Sir Richard Blackmore . Some ftanzas in ...
Page 48
... Dunciad , he often only gave the initial letter : but the next edition ventured upon the name at full length . Swift , in his Verfes on his own Death , pretends he did not deal in per- fonal abuse - Credat Judæus Apella , non ego . The ...
... Dunciad , he often only gave the initial letter : but the next edition ventured upon the name at full length . Swift , in his Verfes on his own Death , pretends he did not deal in per- fonal abuse - Credat Judæus Apella , non ego . The ...
Page 70
... Dunciad , Pope , by his wanton conduct in that piece , provoked half the fcribblers of the town , who pelted him from Grubftreet with their fcurrilities from year to year , till he could either bear it no longer , or found he had ...
... Dunciad , Pope , by his wanton conduct in that piece , provoked half the fcribblers of the town , who pelted him from Grubftreet with their fcurrilities from year to year , till he could either bear it no longer , or found he had ...
Page 71
... Dunciad is from Dryden's Mac Fleckno . It ruined authors with their bookfellers , for nobody would buy what they wrote ; and it kept the press in some awe , which is more than the laws can do at pre- fent . Pope offends in this poem ...
... Dunciad is from Dryden's Mac Fleckno . It ruined authors with their bookfellers , for nobody would buy what they wrote ; and it kept the press in some awe , which is more than the laws can do at pre- fent . Pope offends in this poem ...
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