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... sort of critics , who showed and set off the beauties in the former . ] The little copy of verses on Ditton and Whiston , in the third volume of the Mis- cellanies , was written by Gay ; that on Dennis by myself ; and the Origin of the ...
... sort of critics , who showed and set off the beauties in the former . ] The little copy of verses on Ditton and Whiston , in the third volume of the Mis- cellanies , was written by Gay ; that on Dennis by myself ; and the Origin of the ...
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... translation of Homer was one of the first large poems that ever Mr. Pope read ; and he still spoke of the pleasure it then gave him with a sort of rapture , only on reflecting on it . It was that great edi- 46 SPENCE'S ANECDOTES.
... translation of Homer was one of the first large poems that ever Mr. Pope read ; and he still spoke of the pleasure it then gave him with a sort of rapture , only on reflecting on it . It was that great edi- 46 SPENCE'S ANECDOTES.
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... sort of Cowley ; he was a follower too of Petrarch and Marino ; but most of Marino . He and Cowley were good friends , and the latter has a good copy of verses on his death . About his pitch were Stanley * , the author of the Opinions ...
... sort of Cowley ; he was a follower too of Petrarch and Marino ; but most of Marino . He and Cowley were good friends , and the latter has a good copy of verses on his death . About his pitch were Stanley * , the author of the Opinions ...
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... sort of aversion for women , and would leave the room when they came in : it was probably from a disappointment in love . He was much in love with his Leonora , who is mentioned at the end of that good ballad of his on his different ...
... sort of aversion for women , and would leave the room when they came in : it was probably from a disappointment in love . He was much in love with his Leonora , who is mentioned at the end of that good ballad of his on his different ...
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... sort of epigrams . Wit was his talent * .- The same . He and Lord Rochester should be con- sidered as holiday writers , as gentlemen that diverted themselves now and then with poetry , rather than as poets . - The same . [ This was said ...
... sort of epigrams . Wit was his talent * .- The same . He and Lord Rochester should be con- sidered as holiday writers , as gentlemen that diverted themselves now and then with poetry , rather than as poets . - The same . [ This was said ...
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Side 133 - That's very strange ; but if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings— tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket ?' ' No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
Side 148 - Snch a post as that, and such a wife as the Countess, do not seem to be, in prudence, eligible for a man that is asthmatic, and we may see the day when he will be heartily glad to resign them both.
Side 129 - Prior was not a right good man. He used to bury himself for whole days and nights together with a poor mean creature, and often drank hard.
Side 136 - OOOJJO some time; but afterwards thought it would be better to write a comedy on the same plan. This was what gave rise to the Beggar's Opera.
Side 10 - Addison, to let him know that I was not unacquainted with this behaviour of his; that if I was to speak severely of him in return for it, it should...
Side 8 - Iliad, because he had looked over Mr. Tickell's, but could wish to have the benefit of his observations on my second, which I had then finished, and which Mr. Tickell had not touched upon.
Side 262 - ... nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum quam sit, et angustis hunc addere rebus honorem...
Side 158 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea -shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Side 146 - Cato, he brought it to me ; desired to have my sincere opinion of it, and left it with me for three or four days. I gave him my opinion sincerely, which was, " that I thought he had better not act it, and that he would get reputation enough, by only printing it.
Side 162 - M great man operated very strongly in him in the very beginning of his life, and continued to the very end of it. One day as he was looking over some papers in his scrutoire with Lord Cadogan, he opened one of the little drawers, took out a green purse, and turned some broad pieces out of it, and after viewing them for some time with a satisfaction that appeared very visible in his face, " Cadogan (says he), observe these pieces well ; they deserve to be observed.