The Works of the English Poets: PrefacesH. Hughs, 1781 |
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... in his poems , that be lip'd in numbers ; and used to fay that he could not remember the time when he began to make verfes . In the ftyle of fiction it might have been faid of him as of Pindar , that when he lay A 3 of POPE . 5.
... in his poems , that be lip'd in numbers ; and used to fay that he could not remember the time when he began to make verfes . In the ftyle of fiction it might have been faid of him as of Pindar , that when he lay A 3 of POPE . 5.
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... fay these are good rhymes . In his perufal of the English poets he foon diftinguifhed the verfification of Dryden , which he confidered as the model to be ftudied , and was impreffed with fuch veneration for his inftructer , that he ...
... fay these are good rhymes . In his perufal of the English poets he foon diftinguifhed the verfification of Dryden , which he confidered as the model to be ftudied , and was impreffed with fuch veneration for his inftructer , that he ...
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... fays , " found himself attacked , with- ❝out any manner of provocation on his fide , and attacked in his perfon , in- " stead of his writings , by one who was " wholly wholly a ftranger to him , at a time " 22 POPE .
... fays , " found himself attacked , with- ❝out any manner of provocation on his fide , and attacked in his perfon , in- " stead of his writings , by one who was " wholly wholly a ftranger to him , at a time " 22 POPE .
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... fays the critick , " can wit be fcorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a 66 66 figure frequently employed in Hiber- " nian land ? The perfon that wants this " wit may indeed be fcorned , but the " fcorn fhews the honour which the ...
... fays the critick , " can wit be fcorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a 66 66 figure frequently employed in Hiber- " nian land ? The perfon that wants this " wit may indeed be fcorned , but the " fcorn fhews the honour which the ...
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... ( fays Dennis ) he " names Mr. Walth , who had by no means " the qualification which this author rec- " kons abfolutely neceffary to a critick , it " being very certain that he was , like this Effayer , a very indifferent poet ; " he ...
... ( fays Dennis ) he " names Mr. Walth , who had by no means " the qualification which this author rec- " kons abfolutely neceffary to a critick , it " being very certain that he was , like this Effayer , a very indifferent poet ; " he ...
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