This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 edition. Excerpt: ...judged by posterity. POPE, AND HIS MISCELLANEOUS QUARRELS. POPE, HIS MISCELLANEOUS QUAURELS. Pope adopted a system of literary politics--collected, with extraordinary care, every thing relative to his Quarrels--no politician ever studied to obtain his purposes by more oblique directions and intricate ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 edition. Excerpt: ...judged by posterity. POPE, AND HIS MISCELLANEOUS QUARRELS. POPE, HIS MISCELLANEOUS QUAURELS. Pope adopted a system of literary politics--collected, with extraordinary care, every thing relative to his Quarrels--no politician ever studied to obtain his purposes by more oblique directions and intricate stratagems--some of his manoeuvres--his systematic hostility not practised with impunity--his claim to his own Works contested--Gibber's facetious description of Pope's feelings, and Welsted's elegant Satire on his genius--Dennis's account of Pope's Introduction to him--his political prudence further discovered in the Collection of all the Pieces relative to the Dunciad, in which he employed Savage--the TheoEaldians and fAePoFEiANs; an attack by a Tlieobaldian--The Dunciad ingeniously defended, for the grossness of its imagery, and its reproach of the poverty of the Authors, supposed by Pope himself, with tome curious specimens of literary personalities--the Literary Quarrel between Aaron Hill and Pope distinguished for its romantic cast--a Narrative of the extraordinary transactions respecting the publication of Pope's Letters; an example of Stratagem and Conspiracy, illustrative of his character.: . Pope has proudly perpetuated the history of his Literary Quarrels; and he appears to have been among those Authors, surely not forming the majority, who have delighted in, or have not been averse to provoke, hostility. He has registered the titles of every book, even to a single paper, or a copy of verses, in which their authors had committed treason against his poetical sovereignty a. His ambition seemed.?'!' '. a Pope collected these numerous literary libels with extraordinary care. He had them bound in gratified in heaping these trophies to..
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