Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope
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The "Dunces" were yet smarting from the war, and the superiority which he publicly arrogated disposed the worldto wish his humiliation. All this he knew, and against all this heprovided. His own name, and that of his friend to whom the work isinscribed, were in the first editions carefully suppressed; and thepoem being of a new kind was ascribed to one or another as favourdetermined or conjecture wandered. It was given, says Warburton, toevery man except him only who could write it. Those who l...ike onlywhen they like the author, and who are under the dominion of a name, condemned it, and those admired it who are willing to scatter praiseat random, which, while it is unappropriated, excites no envy. Those friends of Pope that were trusted with the secret went aboutlavishing honours on the new-born poet, and hinting that Pope wasnever so much in danger from any former rival. To those authorswhom he had personally offended, and to those whose opinion theworld considered as decisive, and whom he suspected of envy ormalevolence, he sent his Essay as a present before publication, thatthey might defeat their own enemity by praises which they could notafterwards decently retract.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The "Dunces" were yet smarting from the war, and the superiority which he publicly arrogated disposed the worldto wish his humiliation. All this he knew, and against all this heprovided. His own name, and that of his friend to whom the work isinscribed, were in the first editions carefully suppressed; and thepoem being of a new kind was ascribed to one or another as favourdetermined or conjecture wandered. It was given, says Warburton, toevery man except him only who could write it. Those who l...ike onlywhen they like the author, and who are under the dominion of a name, condemned it, and those admired it who are willing to scatter praiseat random, which, while it is unappropriated, excites no envy. Those friends of Pope that were trusted with the secret went aboutlavishing honours on the new-born poet, and hinting that Pope wasnever so much in danger from any former rival. To those authorswhom he had personally offended, and to those whose opinion theworld considered as decisive, and whom he suspected of envy ormalevolence, he sent his Essay as a present before publication, thatthey might defeat their own enemity by praises which they could notafterwards decently retract.
What to read after Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Samuel Johnson to read onlineMoreLess
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