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... Pope . JOHNSON . " He wrote his Dunciad ' for fame . That was his primary motive . Had it not been for that , the dunces might have railed against him till they were weary , without his troubling himself about them . He delighted to vex ...
... Pope . JOHNSON . " He wrote his Dunciad ' for fame . That was his primary motive . Had it not been for that , the dunces might have railed against him till they were weary , without his troubling himself about them . He delighted to vex ...
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... Pope's melancholy remark , " Man never is , but always to be blest . " He asserted , that the present was never a happy state to any human being ; but that , as every part of life , of which we are conscious , was at some point of time ...
... Pope's melancholy remark , " Man never is , but always to be blest . " He asserted , that the present was never a happy state to any human being ; but that , as every part of life , of which we are conscious , was at some point of time ...
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... Pope and other poets had taken up the places in the Temple of Fame ; so that as but a few at any period can possess poetical reputation , a man of genius can now hardly acquire it . JOHNSON . " That is one of the most sensible things I ...
... Pope and other poets had taken up the places in the Temple of Fame ; so that as but a few at any period can possess poetical reputation , a man of genius can now hardly acquire it . JOHNSON . " That is one of the most sensible things I ...
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... Pope , and thought him disagreeable . - Mrs . has many books ; — has seen life . Their frontlet disagreeable . - Their hood . - Their life easy . - Rise about five ; hour and half in chapel . - Dine at ten.— Another hour and half at ...
... Pope , and thought him disagreeable . - Mrs . has many books ; — has seen life . Their frontlet disagreeable . - Their hood . - Their life easy . - Rise about five ; hour and half in chapel . - Dine at ten.— Another hour and half at ...
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... Pope had partly borrowed from him , " The dying Christian to his Soul . " Johnson repeated Rochester's verses upon Flatman , which , I think , by much too severe : " Nor that slow drudge in swift Pindarick strains , Flatman , who Cowley ...
... Pope had partly borrowed from him , " The dying Christian to his Soul . " Johnson repeated Rochester's verses upon Flatman , which , I think , by much too severe : " Nor that slow drudge in swift Pindarick strains , Flatman , who Cowley ...
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