The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: The DunciadJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... faith , he was educated at home ; another , that he was bred at St. Omer's by Jefuits ; a third , not at St. Omer's , but at Oxford ; a fourth , that he had no Univerfity education at all . Those who allow him to be bred at home ...
... faith , he was educated at home ; another , that he was bred at St. Omer's by Jefuits ; a third , not at St. Omer's , but at Oxford ; a fourth , that he had no Univerfity education at all . Those who allow him to be bred at home ...
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... ( faith he ) which was pub- " lished some months fince , is a master - piece in its kind . " The obfervations follow one another , like those in " Horace's Art of Poetry , without that methodical regularity which would have been requifite ...
... ( faith he ) which was pub- " lished some months fince , is a master - piece in its kind . " The obfervations follow one another , like those in " Horace's Art of Poetry , without that methodical regularity which would have been requifite ...
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... faith himfelf that he did it before . Contrariwife that Mr. Addison engaged our author in this work appeareth by declaration there- y Vid pref . to Mr. Tickel's tranflation of the first book of the Iliad , 4to . of in the preface to the ...
... faith himfelf that he did it before . Contrariwife that Mr. Addison engaged our author in this work appeareth by declaration there- y Vid pref . to Mr. Tickel's tranflation of the first book of the Iliad , 4to . of in the preface to the ...
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... ( faith MIST'S JOURNAL , June 8 , 1728 ) " the fequel of that work , the Odyffey ; and having " fecured the fuccefs by a numerous fubfcription , he " employed fome underlings to perform what , accord- 66 ing to his propofals , fhould come ...
... ( faith MIST'S JOURNAL , June 8 , 1728 ) " the fequel of that work , the Odyffey ; and having " fecured the fuccefs by a numerous fubfcription , he " employed fome underlings to perform what , accord- 66 ing to his propofals , fhould come ...
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... ( faith the lame Journalist ) was his body lifeless , but this author , reviving his refentment , li- belled the memory of his departed friend ; and , what " was ftill more heinous , made the fcandal public . " Grievous the accufation ...
... ( faith the lame Journalist ) was his body lifeless , but this author , reviving his refentment , li- belled the memory of his departed friend ; and , what " was ftill more heinous , made the fcandal public . " Grievous the accufation ...
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Страница 215 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.