The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. LytteltonT. Longman, 1794 - English poetry |
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... England was Mr. Pope ( a papist ) , " who had begun a tranflation of Homer into English verfe , for which he must have them all fubfcribe ; for , fays he , the author « " Shall tr fhall not begin to print till I have a POPE . 59.
... England was Mr. Pope ( a papist ) , " who had begun a tranflation of Homer into English verfe , for which he must have them all fubfcribe ; for , fays he , the author « " Shall tr fhall not begin to print till I have a POPE . 59.
Page 117
... verfe , " one of them fhall be addressed to you . I " have long concerted it , and begun it ; but " I would make what bears your name as " finished as my laft work ought to be , that " is to fay , more finished than any of the " reft ...
... verfe , " one of them fhall be addressed to you . I " have long concerted it , and begun it ; but " I would make what bears your name as " finished as my laft work ought to be , that " is to fay , more finished than any of the " reft ...
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... verfe , which Pope had adopted with great imprudence , and I think without due confideration of the nature of our language . The sketch is , at least in part , preferved by Ruffhead ; by which it appears , that Pope was thoughtless ...
... verfe , which Pope had adopted with great imprudence , and I think without due confideration of the nature of our language . The sketch is , at least in part , preferved by Ruffhead ; by which it appears , that Pope was thoughtless ...
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... verfe ; and , indeed , by thofe few effays which he made of any other , he did not enlarge his reputation . Of this uniformity the certain confequence was readiness and dexterity . By perpetual practice , language had , in his mind , a ...
... verfe ; and , indeed , by thofe few effays which he made of any other , he did not enlarge his reputation . Of this uniformity the certain confequence was readiness and dexterity . By perpetual practice , language had , in his mind , a ...
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... verfe feems to be made for the fake of another . In his latter produc- tions the diction is fometimes vitiated by French idioms , with which Bolingbroke had perhaps infected him . I have been told that the couplet by which he declared ...
... verfe feems to be made for the fake of another . In his latter produc- tions the diction is fometimes vitiated by French idioms , with which Bolingbroke had perhaps infected him . I have been told that the couplet by which he declared ...
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