The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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Page vi
... Dunciad he was severely flogged . His father , offended at this , removed him to a London school , kept by a Mr Deane . This man taught the poet nothing ; but his residence in London gave him the opportunity of attending the theatres ...
... Dunciad he was severely flogged . His father , offended at this , removed him to a London school , kept by a Mr Deane . This man taught the poet nothing ; but his residence in London gave him the opportunity of attending the theatres ...
Page xiv
... extreme when Theobald , destined to figure in " The Dunciad , " a mere plodding hack , not only in his " Shakspeare Restored , " exposed many blunders in Pope's edition ; but issued , some years xiv LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE .
... extreme when Theobald , destined to figure in " The Dunciad , " a mere plodding hack , not only in his " Shakspeare Restored , " exposed many blunders in Pope's edition ; but issued , some years xiv LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE .
Page xv
... , with the half of his hand , but with the whole of his heart , to write " The Dunciad . " In the end of April 1727 , we find Swift again in Twicken- ham , where his irritation at the continued ascendancy of LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE . XV.
... , with the half of his hand , but with the whole of his heart , to write " The Dunciad . " In the end of April 1727 , we find Swift again in Twicken- ham , where his irritation at the continued ascendancy of LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE . XV.
Page xvii
... Dunciad , " he ought to have become mellower in temper , and resigned satire for ever . He continued , on the contrary , as ill - natured as before ; and although he afterwards flew at higher game , the iron had entered into his soul ...
... Dunciad , " he ought to have become mellower in temper , and resigned satire for ever . He continued , on the contrary , as ill - natured as before ; and although he afterwards flew at higher game , the iron had entered into his soul ...
Page xxiii
... Dunciad ; " and , dethroning Theo- bald , set up Cibber as the lawful King of the Dull , -a most unfortunate substitution , since , while Theobald was the ideal of stolid , solemn stupidity , Cibber was gay , light , pert , and clever ...
... Dunciad ; " and , dethroning Theo- bald , set up Cibber as the lawful King of the Dull , -a most unfortunate substitution , since , while Theobald was the ideal of stolid , solemn stupidity , Cibber was gay , light , pert , and clever ...
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