The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 4Nichols and Son, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, 1800 |
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Page 42
... verfe , for which he must have them all ' fubfcribe ; for , fays he , the author fhall not begin " to print till I have a thoufand guineas for him . " About this time it is likely that Steele , who was , with all his political fury ...
... verfe , for which he must have them all ' fubfcribe ; for , fays he , the author fhall not begin " to print till I have a thoufand guineas for him . " About this time it is likely that Steele , who was , with all his political fury ...
Page 67
... verfe , has been reported , but hardly can be true . The Effay plainly appears the fabrick of a poet : what Bolingbroke fupplied could be only the first principles ; the order , illustration , and embellishments must all be Pope's ...
... verfe , has been reported , but hardly can be true . The Effay plainly appears the fabrick of a poet : what Bolingbroke fupplied could be only the first principles ; the order , illustration , and embellishments must all be Pope's ...
Page 72
... verfe , and was for that purpofe fome time at Twickenham ; but he left his work , what- ever was the reason , unfinished ; and , by Benfon's invitation , undertook the longer task of " Paradife " Loft . " Pope then defired his friend to ...
... verfe , and was for that purpofe fome time at Twickenham ; but he left his work , what- ever was the reason , unfinished ; and , by Benfon's invitation , undertook the longer task of " Paradife " Loft . " Pope then defired his friend to ...
Page 79
... verfe and profe : the verfes are in this poem ; and the profe , though it was never fent , is printed among his Letters , but to a cool reader of the prefent time exhibits nothing but tedious • malignity . . · His last Satires , of the ...
... verfe and profe : the verfes are in this poem ; and the profe , though it was never fent , is printed among his Letters , but to a cool reader of the prefent time exhibits nothing but tedious • malignity . . · His last Satires , of the ...
Page 82
... verfe , " one of them shall be addreffed 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 shall be addreffed 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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