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... Pope was one of the authors of the play which he so zealously defended ; and adds an idle story of Pope's behaviour at a tavern . The pamphlet was written with little power of thought or language , and , if suffered to remain with- out ...
... Pope was one of the authors of the play which he so zealously defended ; and adds an idle story of Pope's behaviour at a tavern . The pamphlet was written with little power of thought or language , and , if suffered to remain with- out ...
Pagina 344
... Pope in his local manners . The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation , and those of Pope by minute attention . There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not ...
... Pope in his local manners . The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation , and those of Pope by minute attention . There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden , and more certainty in that of Pope . Poetry was not ...
Pagina 345
... Pope enabled him to condense his senti- ments , to multiply his images , and to accumulate all that study might produce or chance might supply . If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher , Pope con- tinues longer on the wing . If of ...
... Pope enabled him to condense his senti- ments , to multiply his images , and to accumulate all that study might produce or chance might supply . If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher , Pope con- tinues longer on the wing . If of ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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